By Madison
Date: 22 February 2000

bf + mm

An open cut, a tree tattoo  
gouged sharp into this
stouthearted oak
this massive standing timber

its moss hanging down, tousled
like morning hair
its arms sing to me your spirit
to the sky, to the sky.

Our love rushes like wind
sending leaves to shudder.
They fall at its command
day or night

and sprout again to life.  Love needs
no cuts, no monograms to wear away
its place - it writes itself
endlessly in time, chiseled into air

the warmest stream of air
bringing skies to weep or
hiding deep inside the
core of ancient noble trees.





M Madison
22 feb 2000

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