ODE TO THE VALLEY OAK

You are god

And goddess

Formed


Ever effacing judgment

Of single eyes


No angle

Is the sum of your parts

No center holds you


Brave chins lift

To meet your gaze


Wind showers light

In strands

And petals dark


Mist clings

To your shadows

Birthing worlds


You twist and spin

To a tune all your own

In time

So much longer

Than us




First published in The Galway Review JAN 8, 2025

https://thegalwayreview.com/2025/01/08/amanda-niamh-dawson-three-poems/