AS I WOOD, BE

 

I stand today,an Elder tree

With limbs upraised rejoicefully

As ringing 'round my heart reveals

My growth, my grief, my hurts, my heals

Held closest to my heart, my youth,

Enclosed by years of gathered truth,

All adding strength against the storms

That each, with tug and twist, transforms

Until my layered life today

Stands near complete to here, display

My outermost for all to see.

My roughened bark, my seasoned me

And those who'd care to vtew my heart

Have not to rend my rings apart

But see instead, the joy of me

And hear my whispered poetry

 

© Roy Schaefer

"In Loving Memory"

 

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