Cedrus Deodara

Beneath the tree  whose branches 
are garlanded with bits of paper 

covered with now indecipherable 
handwriting, we gather to string 

letters, wishes, poems. Its name in Sanskrit
means wood of the gods. The sky, azure 

after a cloudy morning, peeps through 
a latticework of branches. It must be

indeed patient and forbearing: letting us
transfer our supplications to its arms.

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