Stem Tempo

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Ray W
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Location: Tennessee

Stem Tempo

Post by Ray W » Sat Mar 04, 2023 8:57 pm

I live as a leaf and love
dew-green seaweeds beneath, reef-blue mystery above
even after phantom night dams eye creeks,
streaming breezes fan my cheeks
and river whispers sifted from soil and stone,
deaf in daylight but playing a definite tone
by beam or wave circling to say from root to crown:
grow, side-to-side, up or down
melt into self and simultaneously know
where one came from and all must go--
sights and sounds, heights and ground unite seamlessly
to witness the lightning-strike glory of finite forest meeting core infinity.

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