Photograph by Anthony Stoker

TOWERING THERAPIST

Shaded by leaves,
shadowed by branches.
Enamoured in weather
and all it enhances.

A canopy to shelter,
A wanderer’s place to lean.
Where generosity of fruit might fall,
With notes for us to glean.

Open to our arms.
Open to our hold.
Open to stories within
so the beauty can unfold.

For a couple, space to love.
For a walker, place to rest.
For a soul seeking empath,
hungry to digest.

To soothe and to reprieve,
from the last unto the first.
Nature’s towering therapist
endowed with insatiable thirst.

by Anthony Stoker