A slow, organic growth;
A poem on every leaf:
As from its parent tree
The infant suckling creeps,
And reads aloud its lines
To stars that grace the skies.
Its branches sway in peace,
And Nature is its kin;
All manner of wild fowl
And tame may roost therein.
At length its will is worked
In Heaven as on Earth.
Lee Evans lives in Bath, Maine and works for the local YMCA.