The Daily Forest Report October 25, 2013 It Burns!
by nielskunze on October 25, 2013
Sometimes it’s very difficult to get my camera to see exactly what I see.
The enigmatic conifer, Larch (or Tamarack), is one of the last to shed its leaves (needles). It will continue its autumnal light display well into November– in celebration.
As they stand now in radiant golden glory, they naturally draw attention like exploding suns rooted to the Earth. They are filled with light… and the desire to share.
“Everything is alight with slow-burning life.
There are no dead things.
Apparent divisions are transparently alive,
Like dragonfly wings… reflecting the light.
“We are all one another clasping branches or hands…
Mine…? Yours…? No matter.
We burn with the same answers rooted in identical questions,
As pieces and leaves scatter, a quiet wind beckons…
“Change is upon us, beneath us, within us…
How do you feel right now?
As fragment or splinter lost in bone-chilling winter,
Or as one of my self-burning boughs?
“Worlds reach out to you, and want to connect…
We are all here; yes, here…
These departures– my leaves– leave nothing undone…
A shedding of happy tears to honour our sun.”
A little Tamarack poetry to warm these chilly autumn days…
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