Teamwork - Oct. 12, 2025

Gary Hunter
Oct 11
1 min read

a tree’s leaf takes your breath

blows out oxygen

for your next gulp of air

perfect cooperation

yet once when I was young

I’d climbed high into one

the tree quivered

and held its breath,

a branch broke

and as I fell,

I forgot about

our relationship

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