If I were a Baobab,
I’d be raucous and loud, and filled with song.

My veins would be rivers blue, and deep enough
to water the world.

My heart would be an all-hours reservoir;
my lungs exhaling oxygen and

life

in joyous bursts;

my arms
aflame with love.

And I think …
that yes, I can be this Baobab.

Mosaic Art and Poetry by Pam Goode
27″H x 21″W