you wave to me
i feel the air sing
i am sheltered from the rain
the one with flooded fields
merging river, ditch and farmlands
here upon my rock
ark upon the muddied sea
you dazzle in your green leaves
swaying overhead
you filter heaven

i watch
quiet dying embers
others gone to blankets
saying my farewells
you paint a night sky
silent weaving fingers
branches on the moonscape
waving me goodbye

i recall
frozen winter landscape
sea of white enamel
your branches etch the sky
there you stand my sentinel
my memory can cling to you
on that horizon
anchoring the seasons

sky