The Library of Trees by Rebecca Buchanan
books remember
abandoned
the roof falls in
and the walls cave in
and the floor cracks wide
the rain and the sun
touch their spines
and they remember
that they were trees
once
deep rooted and tall
and trees they become again
pages melting beneath water and light
falling
settling in the rich earth
and they grow
trunks engraved with the words
of cather and whitman
leaves shimmering
with the verses of basho and dickinson
branches whispering
whispering
winds rise and rush
storms carry word-seeds
high and far
forests of poem-ash and myth-maples
groves of tragic-oak and satire-thorn
grow deep-rooted and tall
a world of stories
nurtured
by a library of trees
Detroit Book Depository
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