Windy Day, Oak Tree

My Beloved and I took a walk by the lake and saw an oak leaning — ever so slightly — in the direction of the wind. That became the seed of today’s draft.

What have you seen in nature that’s inspiring you?

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedEven this old oak tree bends a littleunder days and years and decades of wind --just enough to show the direction Wind is moving,not the direction it is moving. Oak roots take the path laid openby generations of insects and sediment. Wind brushes the topsoil, whispering:Remember.What nourishes your strengthused to dance with my wildness.