Thursday, August 9, 2012

welcoming the visitor




A smile at the door—
both wide as the tree
large and lush—
her  leaves thick green—
deeper than the great lake’s black-blue,
stronger than the old tree’s roots.

Hope arrayed
beyond eyeshot—
the pleasure of God
replete in a friend’s embrace
beneath the sweet maple shade.



by troy cady

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