Spring Trees, London

The conference I was attending that May in London, Ontario
      was on the topic of death and dying.
By the third day I was ready for another topic.
So I took a walk in the morning fog toward what appeared to be a public park.
It turned out to be the grounds of the main office of the Catholic diocese.
I didn’t see any signs warning Methodists to keep out,
      so I found a gate and slipped inside.
Waiting for me were these two trees.
I wish I could write something noteworthy about this photograph,
      but I am unable to.
It’s about stillness, but that’s obvious.
It’s about being together, which is pretty clear.
It’s about the promise of spring, as anyone can see.
For me that warm morning in a foreign city, however,
      it was simply about life and living,
            which stands in stark relief to that other reality.
After slowly making a few more images with my camera,
      I returned to the death and dying conference,
            fortified with the vision of these two trees.