Two Letters Of Thanks

Dear Wood, I want to thank you for saving my sanity That time when the balance tipped And the mind went humpty dumpty Your leaves soothed and sheltered me Your shifting shadows nourished my dry heart Not by books Not by words Not by acts Not by pills Not by tears and admonitions But by your power alone, And the wider fields around you You brought me back from the edge Of fathoms of fall Dear Corn, I want to thank you for lifting the veil From the howl of wolves and endless desolation Your grain as you shook in the wind With the sun dappling your stems And smell of the good brown earth Rising up from your legions Anchored me to life For better or worse, In sickness and in health May blessings drop like rain on your hallowed field