Eternity is A Tree

Eternity is a tree,

parts above and below the plane.

Our life on earth a sliver,

forever is in the rings.

Grow wings and live in the light

among the branches and the leaves.

Grow inward and live in the darkness,

writhing among roots and rocks.

Both are necessary.

Without one the other cannot exist.

We grow where our hearts point,

To meristem apex of shoot or root.

A soul is not defined by how it begins,

it is defined by its journey,

how it chooses to dwell in the tree.

We are begged to be a bird.

To choose the light, the branches, the leaves.

To share joy in the sun,

all the days of our soul.