In the Redwoods - a tanka
Green tips touch blue sky
a trunk's red-roughened bark
lean into your strength
my father's calloused fingers
wipe the tears from my blue eyes
I wrote this tanka over a month ago on another site. My father is 80 years old this year.
Happy Father's Day.
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