Monday, March 21, 2022

Trust and the Old Tree

You can rely on certain
people until. Until. 

An old tree knows
in its fibers that sky

giving rain and sun
might one day blast

with lightning. That
the mountain holding

soil and root-anchoring
rocks might one night

smash with a boulder-
brutal landslide or

a roaring avalanche. 
Trust is always contingent,

temporary. Is really not
to be trusted. It's the

sturdiest kind of hope.
Sway with it as it lasts. 


hans ostrom 2022

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