My life is like a forest

Some sturdy trunks

Roots deep

Established

Sound.

Other new shoots

Promises emerging

Tender

Vulnerable

Seeking the light.

Some fallen logs

Past lives

Repurposed now

Support new life.

Autumns left-overs

Mulch underfoot.

My life is like a forest

I will soon be gone

Evidence of where I’ve been

Remaining  

For generations

To learn

The essence of a foot-print

Where tears

And heart wrenching

Have given birth to new life.

Value in the living

Value in the dyeing.

My life is like a forest

Of blue bells

And shed bark

Weeping willows

And oak

Memories

And promise

Past and future

Forget me not

© Karen Lighthouse 2023

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