let's twine our roots beneath the world together
until we rise against the wind together

let's turn and reach to gather shades of light
with countless long thin leaves that wave together

let's make a bed beneath our outstretched limbs
shaded by the dreams we weave together

let's draw clear waters from the hidden earth
and breathe them out as vapors washed together

let's share the sounds of creaks and faint cicadas
their rhythmic songs like magic wound together

let's shelter soft brown trails among the fern
where lovers holding hands may walk together

let's filter daylight from the open skies
through daydreams spun like amber webs together

Erin Thomas
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