pine tree smiles
Posted: November 14th, 2015, 2:35 pm
Shads Landing,
Pokomoke River State Park
I'm on my back
atop the picnic table
looking directly upward
along the the impossibly straight
trunks of statuesque runway models
no branches at all
til they kiss the dawn
sunless morning of misty promise
wispy needles outlined
smokey gray, thin branches wave
on witchy arms trying to stretch
enough to touch the hidden sun...
they try to loosen up
like me, it's 6:30 am, our approach
to greeting the new day
symbiotic aerobics, I move my arms
the breeze vibrates the treetops
I move my legs, my toes tingle electricity
switched on by the disappearing night,
I imagine the syncopation of stimulated roots,
morning blood flows like heated pine sap....
trees and a waking man find a union of zen perfection
we smile at each other like new lovers
Pokomoke River State Park
I'm on my back
atop the picnic table
looking directly upward
along the the impossibly straight
trunks of statuesque runway models
no branches at all
til they kiss the dawn
sunless morning of misty promise
wispy needles outlined
smokey gray, thin branches wave
on witchy arms trying to stretch
enough to touch the hidden sun...
they try to loosen up
like me, it's 6:30 am, our approach
to greeting the new day
symbiotic aerobics, I move my arms
the breeze vibrates the treetops
I move my legs, my toes tingle electricity
switched on by the disappearing night,
I imagine the syncopation of stimulated roots,
morning blood flows like heated pine sap....
trees and a waking man find a union of zen perfection
we smile at each other like new lovers
