From Page to Branch

we tended the mythic 
as if it would save us 

tracing ancient stories 
trusting translations 
unearthing what we thought 
might be enough 

yet still the Earth
would not speak to us 

and then one day memory 
composted into mycology

etymology 
leafed into ecology 

we stepped 
from page to branch
from word to bud 

and fell into the wisdom 
of flowers 

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Music pairing: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall — Paul Simon, 1965.

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Wild Plum Blossoms in Spring. Photo taken near Wakefield, Quebec: Diane Perazzo, 2022

May these words bring truth and healing
through open hands and hearts. And then,
let it flow back into our Mother Earth
for the love of all her beings.

This poem was conceived and grown organically from my own unique human experience, thoughts, efforts, knowledge and research.