Be Your Self Gladly

Lori McCray
Apr 7, 2022

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The Oak begets the acorn.

The tree grows accordingly.

Never fusses about not flowering.

Never wishing to be a flashier species.

The Gypsy Moths destroy it. It begins again,

from the beginning. It has a promise to fulfill,

and it spends its whole life filling it.

LBM 4/7/2022

Photo by Lori B. McCray, Oak on the way to Tufts

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Lori McCray
Lori McCray

Written by Lori McCray

Photographer, Poet, Musician, Mother, Mystic, Gardener, friend of wild creatures, swan whisperer. Find me on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wingthing/

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