Acacia

Shielding

I remember the shadow
of that tree’s ancient grief
knobbed where it grew
into the breaks,
how it held us
from the heat,
the solid weight
of that shade.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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