Looking Up
POETRY FORMAT, 7 Oct 2024
Sophie Michel | Behind the Curtain - TRANSCEND Media Service
1 Oct 2024
I realized recently
That
If you look up at a pine tree
From a certain angle
With both of your feet
Planted deep in its shadow
Its branches become never-ending.
Standing there like that, you can see
How they reach out like wings
Of a pinwheel
Or the arms of a person receiving a hug.
These arms are
Forever pushing
Layering one on top of the other
Upwards toward a multitude of realities
Upward toward eternity
Upward bravely into
The unknown.
Every day now, I strive to look at my whole life
From the same perspective
That I looked up at that
Tree.
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Sophie Michel is Edward J. Curtin’s 16-year-old granddaughter. Curtin is a widely published author and a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment. His new book is Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – His website: Behind the Curtain – email: edcurtinjr@gmail.com
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