BRANCHES OF A TREE

THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TREE THAT GRAB MY ATTENTION. THE MULTITUDE OF BRANCHES REACHING OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS. AS IF TO CONNECT WITH SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, YET UNATTAINABLE. THE DARKNESS THAT LIES ON THE COARSE EXTERIOR OF THE BARK SEEMS TO SHIFT, REVEALING THE TRUE BARENESS OF THE TREE AND EXPOSING IT'S INNER SOUL, IF FOR ONLY A BRIEF MOMENT, ON A BRUTALLY COLD AFTERNOON. I FELT THE HINT OF KINSHIP OVER THE STRENGTH THAT IS TAKES TO STAND OUT IN THE OPEN, SHARING YOUR TRUE AND NAKED SELF TO ALL WHO CARE TO WITNESS.