I remain

I am ancientI have lived! this life and many morethe ravages of time may showbut “time-worn”is the essence of my beautyFor a hundred years, I have builtmy character,watching fools and sagesgrow and dieYet I remain.No storm has sent me over the edge.No winter wind has done me in.No sweltering summer heat beaten me down.The winds of change have twisted my frame.Yet I remainNothing lasts foreverand the day will surely come

Dead Tree - Grand Canyon, 2006

when I am done

when I have danced my last

when I reach for the stars

and the earth

falls away from my feet

Slowly I will tumble down.

But it is not this day.

It is not this wind.

It is not this storm that does me in.

I will feel the sun upon my limbs another day

Because I bend

because I adapt-

I remain

© 2006