Interlude

belonging

somewhere between he and she

somewhere between me and thee

there is the place I would rather be

whether on a mountain

or by the sea

some place

any place

where I can just be

me

~ ellen apple

11/10/2016

Belonging

Beside the gravel and dirt lot
Existing between what was and is not
Leaves now withered and clinging to branch
On the hope that there will be one last chance?
Nay, the tree knows whence it resides
Green giving way to brown as time slides
Into not death but a new phase of life
Never without pangs of regret and (perhaps) strife
Goes so with nature and humankind
Belonging to such change is life aligned

~Ellen Apple
11/08/2016