All of us are trees
At the trunks it is calm
Denizens can traverse their girth
With slowness
Vines and weeds and flowers
Can spring up around them
With sureness and room for growth
With enough bending and patience
To fit beneath every hoof and paw
While providing food for the birds
Who huddle around the towers with reverence
Whereas at the top it is all chaos and contest
Flowers grow up there too
Vying to possess the sun
Up there the respective branches of the trees
Drum against the soft skin of the wind
Against each other too
In the insane and nearly silent hope
That there can be victory
In the very place where victory is questionable
Where there is only the temporary
Necessary illusion that one thing overcomes another.
Published by Richard Q
A human being-question chasing after both God and nothingness. The internet is a disaster, but our starlessness might teach us something. I welcome our constant experimenting with ourselves with open arms, for ultimately they are attempts of life at living and growing in life. My dwelling is in Key West, while the dwellings of my loves are Indiana, New Mexico, Texas, Massachusetts and Arizona. These spaces are nothing. Love abides and love embraces.
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