Monday, June 16, 2025

ode to my summer

the tree golden in early summer                a leafy umbilicus into light                summer weeks stall forever                nothing happens day after day                until you forget what you've forgotten                and in this shaded solitude                the soft echoes of omniscience              even when I can't hear them                I can't stop listening
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Pic: Empty nest! The baby birds have flown!


 

4 comments:

Jeanie said...

Simply lovely, Maya. Do you miss your birds? I would.

Nance said...

This is such a beautiful ode to trees! It's exactly how I feel about them. My father would have loved this poem, too. Perfect.

Gillian said...

Nice

StephLove said...

Lovely ending

ode to my summer

the tree golden in early summer                a leafy umbilicus into light                  summer weeks stall forever                   no...