i can see why
people love this tree
and personify [her] to the point of
pronouns

she is something truly
living
and being,
imposing
and consoling

there is something
here
underneath her
in her shade
in her presence
that i find
indescribable
but inscrutably
here

i breathe her in
and hope she knows
all the love i bring
with me
here
to her