I love forests, & I love trees
the oasis in the sun and the distant sea
feeling so at ease, saying what I think
I'm so consumed by everything
I love your kindness, I love your mind
warm and secure, losing track of the time
spray me with the hose, chase me down the street!
running through the aching trees
the smell of barbecues and kedgeree
looking back at times like these -
no one else could ever see what you made me see
so clear, pristine, in the sky of my mind
so naive, so kind, so thank you sweet
for letting me see the desert in me

LEAF acrostic

Lush, flowing, embossing the spring with a glint,
Emanating from each wondrous bud and branch,
Astral in nature, ferocious in the wind,
Finding its way, through the foliage, to the azure sky.

-M(P)