Anthem

 I walked many streets.

Saw without seeing 

Particularly trees.

Lost in S.F..

What was it that hid so successfully?

The trunk was thick 

Held the wild branches.

Soon the leaves would

Be like thoughts. 

The roots stretching

To hold others.

.He entered my life

And graciously tore

Me apart. .

Pulsing fiercely

Children reminding me how to be.

By the school 

Letting loose. 

I hear them say

This is the way it should be.

The ocean can roll you.

The sea can take you.

But stars shine bright within

When I was willing to be vulnerable.

What was taken was seen.

What rose with all the expression

When male and female became one.