Memory Tree

My memories are housed in a backlit tree
A few branches almost as bright as day
Details dangle on the leaves and
Murmur in the background

The tree shrinks some memories so small
Its trunk conceals them in its woody crevices
Where no light reaches

The farthest twigs hold on to my distant past
Out of my reach, forever

A backlit tree at night

Tree full of memories

NaPoWriMo Day 15

Wrong Again

Recently I lamented that a hard, late freeze would kill all the flowers on our two peach trees, preventing any kind of peach crop this year.

Wrong again!

We have lots of peaches! Somehow they survived the two or three nights of temperatures in the 20s and the peaches are emerging. There might even be enough for the birds and to have a few left over for us. Time will tell.

Three budding peaches

Yes, we have peaches!