AMONG THE ANCIENT APPLE TREES

Photo by S. Auberle

twisty

insect-ridden

apple tree

lurid limbs

ancient now

doomed

for chainsaw

bent companions

in broken rows

all future mulch

yet...

there is now

this moment

of honeyed air

and pale sun

tugging forth

a few buds

Dylan's green fuse

coursing up

the withered roots

small

redemptions

still unfolding

one petal

at a time...

~  mimi