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Sphere on Spiral Stairs

A Tree's Language

Writer's picture: Echo Shawn CorbyEcho Shawn Corby

Trees they sway

Ribbons of color

Tendrils like cords of octopus tentacles

Thick like the tendered bird that once would fly above, between

Red into orange into yellow, trees bleed their colors

Watery blush

On the page

One stroke of a brush

On the page

The paper folds at its corner, too saturated with water

The trees pool in the center, gravity guides them together

How winter chill fades, only graphite remains

Of the trees who come gather

Around the flame of their fallen leaves


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