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Friday 15 May 2009

Closer




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Del_Norte_Titan_230.jpg




High over my head
and
long after I'm gone

Older and
wiser and
prettier by far

Closer to God
knows
what future




Del Norte Titan, Grove of Titans, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
: photo by Mario P. Vaden, 2008

3 comments:

Tom Raworth said...

....as they perhaps sang on the Titanic: Nearer My God To Tree.

TC/BTP said...

...by that point, we may assume, at least no one was arboring any further misconceptions...

Nora said...

Har.