Old growth human being

Old growth human being

You are your tendrils

Draped from canopy

High bird call snake

Slide branch rustle

Wisdom

Strength

Compassion for all who

Come within protector

Of souls gentle hands

Hold young chick

Crying and big bellied

Yawp across treetops

Still

Hushed

Night-time bustle

Thumps and hidden splash

Curiosity entangled in

Webs stretched from

Tree to tree and

Beneath the earth

As fungi chatter

In silence

Peace

Again that wonder at

Memories grown into

Scarred tree trunks

Stone embedded roots

Strange pit and gully

From tears once flooded

Soar

Above

Feel the cool of

Cloud flecked sky upon

Wings rippling beside

In great gyres of

Seeking that which

Wanders

Within.