Yesterday I had a tooth extracted. As I waited for the deed to be done, I had a few thoughts.

In a Dentist’s Waiting Room

In the dentist’s reception area,
waiting for a tooth extraction,
musing on my forthcoming loss,
I happened to glance out a window
which framed a tall tree.
It was in fulsome bloom of summer,
The dappled light of sun kissing  leaves.
Calmly green,
the tree soothed away all apprehension.

Then, I noticed a scar.
It was a place where a branch had once broken off.
The tree was not complete,
yet it blooms on, brightly offering a vision beyond brokenness.
I was about to lose a small part of me.
“We know what you are about to go through,”
the leaves seemed to whisper,
“but do remember,
there’s always life beyond life.”

[Mr G] 11^th August 2023