Time Made Whole – a poem by Lana Hechtman Ayers

Time Made Whole

A tree is a being who turns light
and dark into time made whole. 

Rooted in the earth and connected
below ground. 

Centuries of tree messages 
vibrate throughout darkness.

Time is a ring deep within the tree’s heart. 
Time is a tree’s vibration deep within the earth.

In our next lives, may we all return
as earthworms to bathe in

the unheard voices of trees throughout time.
And if we should return 

as anything else but tree or worm,
let it be as a being

for whom every tree
is a beacon of wonder. 

Lana Hechtman Ayers shepherded over 150 poetry collections into print as managing editor for three small presses. She lives in Oregon on unceded lands of the Yaqo’n people with her beloved husband and fur babies, where on clear, quiet nights she can hear the Pacific ocean whispering to the moon. Visit her online at LanaAyers.com.