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a gates pass saguaro
Aug 8, 2022
it will live longer than all of us,
tell longer stories,
sleep longer nights.
we will be gone before this cactus,
this giant,
even branches out:
its arms and height like testaments
to its decades of wisdom
and of growth.
roots sprawl out below the saguaro,
a hidden network,
a survivor’s guide,
a system of its support.
I wonder if we listened more closely,
how much we might learn —
not just delighting in its blooms,
but taking note:
of how to accept,
how to thrive,
how to grow without knowing
when you’ll see the rain
and its relief again.