Our Forest Home

raindrops feel different in spring / drizzling anxious bark / melting our xylem frosts / pumping hushed hope / energizing deep talons /  submerged in dark loam / groaning sinews climb / liberated in winds  / leaves quake / needles whisper / rocking spiritual choirs / synchronized resonance / hollowed harmonies / budding heavenly growth / nursing nests of fauna / clutching birds / singing / adorning / children like stars / enchanted / creatures on rainbows of lichen / watch us breathe / flows of azure sky / absorbing sun / storing energy / stretching and gossiping / tall engrossing tomes / silent hopes / trodden with light / drinking carbon / reciting oxygen / nourished by God / groping ancient dirt / sentinels guarding neighbors / shades of elders / beneath verdant canopies / interlocking roots / impenetrable communities / faith in ancestors / huddling to love / intimate in emerald synergy / stillness binding us / as we spawn our climate / where branches never tangle / limbs never strangle / no one tree is a forest / to become / to forgive / in thinning rings of time / heat slurps water / yet we fear / raging flames / kindled in anger / dappled dark division / in stalwart stands / our creaking timbers age / dissolving in soil / or timbering homes / or perilous burns / ashes of lost history / spirits re-carboned / seeds spread / patiently awaiting / hopes of resurrection / greener where burned / sprouting / hallowed in lush meadows / praying for early spring / interminably yearning / for soft raindrops