Bonsai

Bonsai

Illusion held in a jade pot,
vague reality,
miniature leaves.
Aged trunk remembers
the fume of cool glades, chaste rain,
calculated confinement
echoes intangible legends
woven into shape
from a pound of oak flesh.
Wisdom is accentuated
by the price tag
glued to the nursery countertop.
Gnarled bumps write the postscript/
tranquility that goes beyond
a forest filled with trees.