Creek Running North

That is a wonderful tree.  :)

something about the manzanita’s bark reflecting in the sun?
oh yes, Robert Hunter…

Underfoot the ground is patched
with climbing arms of ivy wrapped
around the manzanita,
stark and shiny in the breeze

Wonder who will water
all the children of the garden
when they sigh about the barren lack of rain
and droop so hungry ‘neath the sky...