with thanks to carly and her garden
“crown shyness is a phenomenon in which treetops reach closely to one another but do not touch, forming room to share light and grow in harmony.”
look up
my soul is kin to yours
see how our branches sway
together
rooted in same earth
and yet distinct, leaves blown
by shared breezes where we neither
avoid nor invade
this sacred space between
like sky-lungs breathing
that becomes at once your light,
mine, and
ours
poem by lanette smith
lanette is a lover of words and nature who lives on five acres in wine country and draws inspiration from the plants and people she is fortunate to flourish alongside