Sapphic Ode

to Redwoods​

 

At sunrise in another season of drought
under a lavish canopy of redwoods,
the fog water drips down into thirsty roots
in the forest floor.

The coastal amazons of the woodland, their
leafy crowns stretch toward sky reaching for stars,
bark shields barely scorched by wildfire fingers
at breasts of heartwood.

Legacy of their long-lived mystery,
circled by pristine fairy rings of fresh growth,
warriors battle against being toppled
by the wrath of wind.

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