Branches

Extensions of reach

Beyond all that can be seen

One pathway once taken

Leads to another, unspoken

And Another untaken

recedes in a whisper

In Quiet reception

for new beings birth, kin or sister

Each twist, fragility, break

Each alight, flutter, quake

Branches merge, then depart

Souls here to meet for a time

On a leaf, bloom, fruit, or bare bark

All here to teach, no mistakes—

only pathways of heart