Let Us Grow to be a Forest Unto Ourselves

"Tile Panel" (stone paste, underglaze painting). Syria, second half of the 16th century. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art under an "Open Access" license, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).

I could walk with you forever, towards an eternal sunset, and maybe well beyond. Let the passing landscapes see us for who we are, and who we are to each other. Let us be a single bead of rain water, running down a leaf as one, pulled by the same gravity, eventually absorbed into the same soil. Let us grow to be a forest unto ourselves, together, leaf and sky, green and blue.