Relating to Trees

the ring shows not just your years

but the summers and stresses

the long illnesses and

dark winters.

that is your art, beloved:

the seasons of a well-lived life painted in

your jagged thumbprint,

the beauties in even

the ugly times.

despite it, you fend.

despite it, you grow.

tree ring woodcut art, made from a real tree - Linton Art
tree ring woodcut art, made from a real tree - Linton Art