TREE

   

the soul of my feet kiss the seat of the sky
my head buried deep as a bone
my arms splayed akimbo,
away from my side
my trunk is a gnarly old throne

a child sits under my leafy green shade
drinking the juice from a lime
the crust is my college,
i suck dirt for knowledge
my leaves scrape a path through time

last summer i compiled all my old poems into little books and i gave them titles and sometimes pictures and edits. i remember sitting under a tree by the river and writing this.



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