the secret life of trees

Most especially in the Fall trees talk to me.
I hear precious truths.

The other day I met a radiating beauty
who fiercely told me,
“Do not hold back. Let the true YOU shine.”

I gasped. Her energy and message took my breath away.

“I promise,” I replied. “I promise to shine!”

As the promise flooded my being
my breath returned.

I twice recognized her as me:
Her shining presence, her oxygen coursing my body.

(by becky jaine)