December 2011
8 posts
trees. w.s. merwin
i am looking at trees
they may be one of the things i will miss
most from the earth
though many of the ones that i have seen
already i cannot remember
and though i seldom embrace the ones i see
and have never been able to speak
with one
i listen to them tenderly
their names have never touched them
they have stood round my sleep
and when it was forbidden to climb them
they have carried...
