Voices in the Forest 

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Birdsong scuffs the cool, rinsed air.
Wings quick through pines that know
the sky. I write the shadows on my bones,
shadows falling from trees seaming
a pale light.

I feel the roots coveting soil,
looping stones beneath sword ferns
and lustrous ivy. I am the invisible,
searching for mercy in this small,
green patch.

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Within Six Trees

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Paramount Open Space 946 NE 147th Street Shoreline, WA 98155

In dappled light, the creek trickles
as small gas bubbles escape like secrets
from mudflats. I follow an unknown trail,
swallowing green and birdsong, seeking
solace from the world’s bite. Standing
within six trees, I see a sky sketched
by thin clouds, a soft blue murmur.

On the way out, I come across an uprooted tree,
a vast tangle that resembles a woolly mammoth,
a spirit animal long gone, an echo
of how we enter and pass on into shadow.

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Voices in the Forest