family tree

redmosquito10

For some reason when I’m surrounded by trees
that grew up with my grandparents,
I feel them whispering to me of the ones
I never knew

seed to seed, shoot to infant, sapling to child
a generation’s worth of growth
manifested in the vein of every leaf
every ring of the trunk
every swaying branch beckoning me on,

I feel them whispering to me of the ones
I never knew

justam

I usually feel like the trees are whispering too.