winter on your futon shuddering slightly
you’re pulling a striped green duvet
over yourself
hoping to melt the tension
in your mind and muscles
thinking of people and trees
trees and people
opening your hands palms up
as if hoping for a gift from the universe
how to build healthy homes
for people and trees
trees and people
trying to tune in to this vision
imagining
your mystical twin
slender Lin Lin
her black hair untamed
she says thought you never came to see me
her cardigan is made of sunlit windows
where green shades of leaves are moving
her lace skirt so sun-brilliant
it’s throwing citric yellow sparks
her clean sneakers
have grass growing out of soles
like she’s forever on a walk in the park
she says the best place for a healthy home
is near a vigorous tree
where the tree can feel your heartbeat
sometimes the tree will emit a stream
of loving green flowing
underneath your feet
but the tree has to be directly opposite
a portal that must be open
for the tree and the residents to benefit
you ask Lin Lin
are you an architect like me
no
but together we are a tree link
waking up smiling
you feel included in life
Vera Kelgart (with multi-terminated dolphin cathedral crystal) 2021
