the bare arms
of the tree reach
in supplication
but receive little
– except sun and rain
can I too,
reach out,
and accept
all I need to live?
Rebecca Dempsey is a writer based in Melbourne Australia. In her spare time she has undertaken archery lessons, and a year of longsword classes. With 2020, she suspects they could become useful.
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