standing in one place a fallen Sequoia breadth taller than me trunk cut clean its rings over a thousand years what its life has spanned rise of the Vikings China’s Song dynasty Spanish explorers California’s gold rush rooted in one spot drinking carbon dioxide releasing oxygen its gift I stand in stillness beneath these trees drenched in awe
standing in one place
standing in one place a fallen Sequoia breadth taller than me trunk cut clean its rings over a thousand years what its life has spanned rise of the Vikings China’s Song dynasty Spanish explorers California’s gold rush rooted in one spot drinking carbon dioxide releasing oxygen its gift I stand in stillness beneath these trees drenched in awe