Jane Hirshfield – Tree
It is foolish
to let a young redwood
grow next to a house.
Even in this
one lifetime,
you will have to choose.
That great calm being,
this clutter of soup pots and books.
Already the first branch-tips brush
at the window.
Softly, calmly, immensity taps at
your life.
Jane Hirshfield
Dec.-Jan. 2001 Earth First!