#old growth
Textures of the forest…
Cathedral Grove,
Vancouver Island, BC. Canada
~Coast to Coast~Shades of Black & White~Abstractions~
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Backward crossovers into years before: airy
afternoons licking the wooden spoon, pouring soft blades
of grass from a shoe, all ways of saying I miss
my mother. I wish I could remember the gentle lilt
of my brother’s early voice. Instead I hear clearly
the dripping of a basalt fountain. What gets saved—My father fed my sick goldfish a frozen pea and it lived
for another six years. Outside, pears swathed in socks
ripened, protected from birds. Those bulbous
multicolored days, I felt safe before I knew
the word for it. But how to fossilize a feeling, sustain it
in amber? I keep dreaming in reverse until I reach
a quiet expanse of forest. The dragonflies are large
and prehistoric. Mother watches from a distance
as I move wildly, without fear.
Natasha Rao, Latitude(Copper Canyon Press, 2021)
The Duncan Cedar, the largest western red cedar in the world. About 19 feet across at the base, about 50m (160 feet) tall.
Olympic Natl. Forest, Washington State.
© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Old Growth
