You notice over the course
of a warm sunny week
in late April
that the new leavesfill out the maple tree
from the bottom up
it is a surprising observation
you assumed
(they say not to, but you do)
that the buds at the top
would grow strongest and fastest
being that they are closest
to the sun
but then you stop to consider
that the lower branches
are closest to the earth
to the dirt and the darkness
the hidden sources of life
and that's when you fold up
your wings of wax
and begin to kneel
no longer afraid
to get low
in order to grow
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