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       Fallen Moss Laden Trees

2/11/2014

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                         Fallen Moss Laden Trees

After days of rain

In free fall,

The clouds




Moved on,

Empty.

The mosses

Vivid,

Bright

The liveliness

Of their youth.

Looking closely,

Every lichen cup,

With one


Spherical drop.

The wood

Soaked

Saturated.

In Ebony black.

This beauty,

From broken,

Fallen trees,

Revealing their essence:

Giving themselves away

To moss and lichens,

And to billions

Of insects and microbes

Within their fibers.


Having lived upright a hundred years,

The trees become

Lived in,

Giving to creatures invisible to us,

Another hundred years.

Elders are like that.

John Holliger ©2014


1 Comment
Frank
2/11/2014 08:02:48 am

Another generation of thought and prose . . .very nice. I love the the reflection from the hidden manifestation of continuous life that we may forget that we contribute to as well. Thanks John

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