california palm

when asked
about reincarnation

some would say
they would want to be

a bald eagle.

a black panther.

a bottlenose dolphin.

i would prefer a
california palm.

my roots firmly planted
next to some sun bleached
parking lot in the
city of angels.

slightly swaying in the
wind.

happily parched.

resilient to

the hottest of days.

the coldest of nights.

the smog.

just swaying there
quietly.

towering above it all.