Linda M. Crate

just to feel safe
 
I’ve always wanted the
deepest roots
of ancient trees to anchor
me down
 
don’t always feel safe
unless i know something is
secure,
 
and so i wanted that;
 
to be rooted so deep down
no one could dig me up
 
i wanted to be the mighty redwood
no one would dare challenge,
 
and i wanted to reach so high into the heavens
that even thunder knew my name;
just to feel safe.

Linda M. Crate is an author, poet, and writer from Pennsylvania. Her works have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies both online and in print. She is the author of seven published chapbooks, three microchaps, four poetry full collections, and the novel Phoenix Tears (Czykmate Books, June 2018).