NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 1

I was reminded by a friend that it's National Poetry Writing Month again - and as usual, I wasn't prepared but I still want to give it a shot. So, here goes #1!

#1: SONG FOR A SCION

I watch you feel your way

In the dark of your pain

A young tree

Already gnarled and twisted

From elements and harsh weather

Branches straining towards sun

Tiny leaf shoots struggling to bloom.

This too is a kind of courage:

To keep fighting despite the odds -

A pale green thread

Running through your sap’s lifeblood.

I hold my will in my hands

Like a talisman, a warm stone

Burying it in the soil of your uncertainty

Hoping with a reckless desperation

That your roots will wrap around it –

An anchor for the incoming storm.