The Side of a Hill is Not Ugly

 

The side of a hill is not ugly.

Bony tree fingers and their

 

pronged shadows

grasp for the last of life,

 

reach their trusted rootings

in the ever-leaving soil

 

just enough to walk the line

between risk and safe,

 

but still think

they’re not letting go.

 

The earth is ever-moving,

giving and taking, even breaking—

 

these tiny fractures so unnoticed

in the cycle of life.

 

The side of a hill is

only

 

an honest portrayal of

the state of every thing. 

 

 

 

Credits:

 Originally published in Small Towns Are Not So Small, T. F. Rice (Jan 08)

Reviews

[Kaden Sylvers]

said exactly right