Tree Spot

By Rae Pecore-Valdez


Find a tree and sit awhile,
a shrub or any plant will do.
Look closely as if to draw it later:
greens and browns of leaf,
the textures of bark.
Listen, does it rustle in a breeze?
Then close your eyes,
imagine your tree.
Ask yourself, what do I feel?
Make this place your very own tree spot,
come back and note how it changes!
And how you change too.