togetherness grows
as sumac trees in summer;
deep roots and bright leaves
gather at the ranch
to celebrate, to savor--
declare "i love food"
dance with grace and joy
delight in simple movement
with those we love well
the thirteenth's closing;
i just might dance that night to
belle and sebastian
what and who you are
the things you do and create
respectfully stand
empty full or not
views perceptibly shifting
reclaimed from center