O at the Edges

Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.

Tree

Posted on December 21, 2018 by robert okaji

Tree

where you go
the wind follows
as if no

choice remains but
that of sun
and oak an

attraction such that
limbs curve to
light a certainty

which cautions us
to intrude lest
we lose all

sight and sense
of beauty you
are this tree

Written in the 80s, “Tree” first appeared here in December 2014.

20 thoughts on “Tree”

floweringink on December 20, 2018 at 8:31 am said:

Perfectly Beautiful!!!

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- robert okaji on December 20, 2018 at 9:10 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Jazz Jaeschke on December 20, 2018 at 10:03 am said:

Ditto – perfectly beautiful!

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- robert okaji on December 21, 2018 at 7:09 am said:
  
  Thanks, Jazz.
  
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OnMyFeet on December 20, 2018 at 1:24 pm said:

Reblogged this on On My Feet and commented:
“I have this thing with trees…”

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- robert okaji on December 20, 2018 at 3:31 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging!
  
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holdingontojesus on December 20, 2018 at 7:46 pm said:

Beautiful

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- robert okaji on December 20, 2018 at 8:49 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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rothpoetry on December 20, 2018 at 9:53 pm said:

Beautiful!

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- robert okaji on December 21, 2018 at 7:05 am said:
  
  Thanks, Dwight!
  
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Carrie Birde on December 21, 2018 at 9:51 am said:

…and yet another gift. You are so generous…! ❤ 🙂

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- robert okaji on December 21, 2018 at 10:10 am said:
  
  Ah, thank you, Carrie!
  
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Dave Kingsbury on December 21, 2018 at 3:31 pm said:

The perfection of Now, from Then. That’s almost Always …

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- robert okaji on December 21, 2018 at 3:52 pm said:
  
  Almost! 🙂
  
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Kunal Thakore on December 22, 2018 at 12:21 am said:

Lovely!

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- robert okaji on December 22, 2018 at 7:09 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Sarvaartha on December 22, 2018 at 10:20 pm said:

Good one !!

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- robert okaji on December 23, 2018 at 6:50 am said:
  
  I’m so pleased you like it. Thank you.
  
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Sarvaartha on December 22, 2018 at 10:23 pm said:

so true too !

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- robert okaji on December 23, 2018 at 6:55 am said:
  
  🙂
  
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