My Tree Was Damaged

a poem processing storm damage in my yard

 

 

This morning my imagination played a trick on me to my benefit 

filling in a gap with an image of a cat a neighborhood cat I sometimes 

call Cupcake or Pumpkin or Butterscotch and there she was I thought 

napping on a log that had recently been part of a living branch of pine 

 

Initially broken during the huge hailstorm but still attached 

to the most beautiful tree, then Tucson Electric Power sent 

its subcontractor to sever the branch in four chunky pieces 

each taken down in a sling and left in my yard for now 

 

Early this morning I thought I saw Pumpkin sleeping upon the inner wood 

where the break had been, a perfect fit her shape and colors blending 

the broken place gets a precious hug a cat having slept upon it 

the dying wood comforted, and the surviving tree comforted 

 

Blessed are you God who created many wonders for our planet earth 

including trees   Blessed are you Renewer Healer Sender of comfort      

 

                                 -- August, 2023 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Davidgeo]

I feel like you smoke more weed than me. Cats are fantastic. The animals, not the musical... the movie they tried to make is pure nightmare fuel.