The Tree
I turn my face to the sun. An oak,
or perhaps a pomegranate, springs up after
the rain. The wind dies down to a
whisper.
Footfalls fade. All shadows are gone.
Was this the first tree, someone asks,
or the last? What does it matter?
I am here. I am here.
—Donnell Hunter
19 March 2012
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