It towers over every

where and thing, that tree

you’d walk

a mile to see

and see from several miles

away. Owl wings

say hush to evening light’s

witherings.

First the little, then

the less. Still here

you’ll find the woman

of the fields appear,

here, a somewhere

to begin

again, somewhere

to let light in

again — the light,

a glint of light

refracted in the evergreens,

repose of night.