> Hello Sue,
Many thanks for these kind words. I´m glad you enjoyed the piece.
Best wishes, Mike
> From: Sue Scalf <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/09/11 Thu PM 09:22:40 EEST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New sub: Witness
>
> In a message dated 09/11/2003 12:38:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Witness
>
> There are those days full of knowledge
> when nature knows more than she tells,
> when seeds sprout awareness
> and that stillness under the waving branches
> betrays intense concentration.
> Events are recorded in minute detail
> in each nobble and groove of the tree´s bark
> and the trunk, rigid with excitement,
> reflects on them.
>
> On such a day he stood with bandaged wrists,
> afraid to move a foot
> that might disturb the whispering twigs,
> while in his focused eye was mirrored
> all this watching, listening world.
>
>
> Mike >> Mike, I missed this somehow. It is beautiful, especially the last
> stanza. Colin might have a point about a couple of word changes, but
> all-in-all this little gem needs little. Thanks for it. Sue
>
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