Baobab
for Rachel M. & Durban
Blonde head
under baobab.
Sun under shade.
You sit
on an African day,
your body charged
with light,
your heart full
of flowers
and bright–
feathered birds.
Your dreams
remarkably shaped;
branched
in red earth,
rooted
in blue air.
You and
your ancient baobab.
Colin Goedecke
New York City
April 2001
