Poem: Tree of Life

by Rebekah Myers (2019)

I heard my Mother call to me

and went out

into the greenwood.

I heard her voice

in the whispering

of the leaves.

Up, I looked,

into the green-roof;

shadows and light

mingling together.

I saw my Mother’s face

smiling down upon me and knelt,

her arms encircling me,

holding me close.

I felt her strength flow

into my hurt places,

mending my brokenness;

healing my woundedness.

I lay for a time between firm roots

and felt the burning in my flesh

cooled; eased.

I rose, able to return to the house

and carry on.

I will not forget my Mother,

who came to me there

in the greenwood,

within the tree of life.