My handprints are leaves decorating the walls. Joining the cave painting that has told our tale for generations. We’ve seen the single seed that holds all the magic of life grow to adulthood, and we’ve sown many more like it. Now I have my own to grow, but the trees without heads are overwhelming. I don’t know what to do. How can one seed work, even awash with the blue light of our people? I watch as you carve your initials into the bark. Can’t you feel its pain?
Tag: preserve
Mix tape
I pick up the pencil and lodge it in the cassette,
reeling in the ribbons flapping at my face
from the storm above my head.
My tongue catches between my teeth in concentration.
You watch like I’m messing with some ancient technology
from ages past.
I forget how young you are. I laugh at your expression.
Here, give it a try.
You take it and copy my attempts, finally reeling in all the ribbon.
Fast forward.
I don’t remember what was recorded on the tape,
but this is what was recorded in my mind.
I often drift by your patch
and wonder if you remember it too.
I should rewind and ask sometime.
Treeshallow Musings 