Sarah Robinson is a Canadian writer born in Timmins, Ontario. Her writing draws on her social work career, family life, and interests in mindfulness, compassion and everyday resilience. Deeply connected to forests, lakes and sky, she is a reader, meditator and avid hiker.
Always, always
An excerpt from Born of Boreal Bones – A Northern Poetry Anthology.
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“Make me a tree”, you say
which is silly
You’ve always been a tree
a seed, a sapling
a lithe young thing
swaying in the wind
You were born a tree
connected deep and wide
held fast from below
Even when northern winds whipped
you were steadfast
Bitter winters, soft springs, scorching summer sun
You weathered it all
and it shaped you
beautiful
© Sarah Robinson
© Sarah Robinson · Born of Boreal Bones