Reverb Day 16 Prompt - Friendship How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? (Author: Martha Mihalick)
Today I combined running errands with artfulness and contemplation which included my Reverb10 writing. I visited a place I go to gather wood in between visiting my son's school and stopping at the store. I was planning on gathering wood for my fire and hopefully, see some intriguing sights.
I wasn't expecting to see today's prompt take form in images, though.
Reading the Reverb writing of others today before I set out, I was reminded of my longing for a soul friendship like I once had. I walked along the riverbed, a place we used to adventure, and I came upon a felled tree.
Well, it wasn't any tree. It was a tree that became a friend when there were moments I didn't want to talk or explain or complain, I just wanted to be outside, I just wanted to listen, I just wanted companionship.
I found it with this tree-friend.
This is how my tree friend looked last winter:
and how it looked in June 2008, when I wrote a poem of waiting for my friend while spending time with her, the "her" being this tree.
I wait
holding my fluttering heart
in my palm, I watch her
wave in
frightened reassurance
feeling
so vulnerable
She and I
wait
I don't feel like I want to tie this friendship post with a conclusion of any sort.
I took wood from this tree-friend of mine and it is burning in my fireplace.
Perhaps, from that, I will come up with a memorable conclusion.
For now, though, I feel as if the photos say enough.
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