Every Tree

Every tree

Every Tree
carries the snow with its own grace
bends to the breeze with its own sway
etches the clouds with its own stroke
bows to the ice with its own resolve
rights its trunk clenched by its own roots
drenches itself in its own desire
and creates its own spring.

Lois Levin Roisman

(found in Toms River by Dan Fagin)

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