Tree slants

Tree slants

in an open field

why does it give

and not grow true?

Tree slants

in an open field

it must give

or break 

Tree slants

in an open field

it has to yield

to greater force

Tree slants

in an open field

and refused to yield

though caught in fury’s course

Tree slants

in an open field

providing shelter

for a lucky few

Tree slants

in an open field

such pitiful one-sided

coverage

Tree slants

in an open field

I sit beneath

and think of you

Tree slants

in an open field

I take my sleep

aslant beneath.

4/28/03