Lately I’ve been feeling

Like a tree, 

On the edge of a forest,

On the edge of the beach.

Pondering how tf

To reach for more water

And turn my face to the sun

While keeping all the other trees with me

If the metaphor holds

Then perhaps all that’s needed

Is to reach with my branches 

While extending my roots. 

Because a tree that’s all branches 

With no roots

Falls over immediately,

Dead from lack of nourishment. 

But paradoxically, 

The more a tree roots down

The farther it can branch.

Beach Tree (4m)