coconut palm
of healing
partly uprooted
by a hurricane's might
too many branches
weighing it down
i lopped them off
to ease its plight
struggling, unsteady
with outstretched
branches and bole
it bent and arched
toward the healing,
energizing light of Sol
little by little
day by day
compliant with nature's
remedial call,
now once again,
it stands straight and tall...