Humus

Let the space

between tree and “tree”

be humus.

 

Let the space between us

fill with roots

that are (not) mine.

 

Let form come from this exact

place, be knit

to this tree’s branching

as close as bark.

 

Because nothing is another thing

or a puppy of our thoughts

but only this

happening here between us:

 

let me grow a word for this.