Acer Palmatum

Edaphoecotropism

slowly engulfing

a house once

occupied

by birds.

An easy climb.

Hanging, reassured

by the short fall

to the ground.

I’d no plans for

anemochory,

unlike the samara fruit,

a winged achene,

falling in perfect ellipse.

An eclipsing hum

all the way down.

But here I am

now, watching

blossoms

and riding

Her wind.

———

In loving memory – M.E.(B).C.