Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sunday Trees

eucalyptus, Melbourne Victoria


I could fly to eternity in your arms


Your dress slipping to reveal your smooth skin:
pink dappled and parchment pale

You, who hold your arms aloft, waltzing for decades with
parrot and possum.

Empress of the Nyads and of Dryads the Queen:

Your grace a standard we mortals aspire to,

Should we have the sense to look up.

xx

2 comments:

Laurie Kolp said...

Oh, I do love this one, Isabel!

lucychili said...

a perfect poem for a eucalypt =)