Let me be
that lean-lined,
silver-tipped, quiet-
gleaned, clear-belled
retinue, flotilla
of fragile bark
proceeding
bravely on a sea
so wide,
uncompromising.
[LAG-other-response date=”07 11 2013″ url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2013/07/fir-tree/” title=”Via Negativa: Fir Tree”]