Morning Walk.

Today, I thought, "I'd like to be a tree... this tree."

To merge my body with its trunk.

To plant my feet, intertwined, with its roots.

To raise my arms and head with its sky-reaching branches.

To just exist without the weight of human worries and frailties.

...

For now, I will weep.

I will allow myself this fear to wash over me like rain - for now.

And then, I will rise and conquer it - stand fearlessly and just be.