Poemy of the day

a tree 2.21.5.13
by *mandy wong*

what must it be to be a tree
to record the world in secrecy
in life purifying breath then
connecting worlds in death
adding rings of years
baring witness of the old and new
with leaves of cooling
and roots of storing
knowledge of the depths of earth
cycling the seasons of rebirth
tracing lines of bark may I see
what must it be to be a tree