~The Heaven Tree~

By WordWulf, 6th Mar 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/ykz3l-hj/
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~feet rooted in epiphany~eyes riveted to her boughs~bated breath~senses tingling~spirit lifting~we are going~we are flying on the ground~stepping through clouds~your hand in mine and the next and the next~

~The Heaven Tree~

Last night I visited the Heaven Tree, excited and enamored, ecstatic beneath its mantle of star leaves, a lone wanderer o’er its earthen root, feet to path and spirit soaring, wildly alive in the ebon shade, the night was a prayer to kneel.

The Heaven Tree whispered to me secrets of the Children of the Universe, the storms and rainbows of their days, those before and after. Soon my spirit was filled with light, timelessness, eternity standing ‘neath the Heaven Tree.

A hand reached, another held a circle of love on the ground. I was lifted into the boughs of the Heaven Tree, spirit kissed by the lips of Gods, eyes upon the vast community of humankind, delivered of moment, a gift to me on the path beneath the Heaven Tree.

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Eyes O’ Wonder~
~A Child Is~
~Carry On~

Meet the author

WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)