does a tree notice
when each burnished leaf falls?
all around me
the world carries on
. . . as if you weren’t gone
© Julie Thorndyke
first published Eucalypt 15 2013
does a tree notice
when each burnished leaf falls?
all around me
the world carries on
. . . as if you weren’t gone
© Julie Thorndyke
first published Eucalypt 15 2013
I love the imagery and gentleness of this tanka, yet there is such power in subtlety. Beautiful tanka indeed.