What the Woods Said
You can’t withdraw, one said.
Another, as I passed
and ran my hand along her bark,
went on to add, You can deny,
of course; and you can
assuredly forget.
As I walked on, the woods
chorused behind me,
But in the natural world,
family is family, and that,
my friend is that.
©Susa Silvermarie 2019
