Photo: Boranup Forest – a Kari forest (not Wandoo) but stunning tall trees (Australia’s tallest native trees).
Yes
I remember that first time
sitting under the wandoo
looking out over the valley
lapsing into silence for
what seemed an eon
that was half an hour,
then feeling an ending,
I stood and raised my arms
to the canopy
to the sky
and uttered one word
yes.
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