The shadow and the argument of grass

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The tree’s shadow is not the tree

but a beckoning reach

offering shade

and a presence. 

Though not the tree

this embossing ghost

echoes the tree,

an expression

changing in the moment.

Spreading from the tree

its comforting touch

filters gently

into the absorbing

argument of grass.