Our Redwood Gods

Brooke is an undergraduate student at Aurora University pursuing a bachelor's degree in English and Environmental Studies. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, and singing. She's passionate about human and animal rights and plans to do everything she can to raise awareness for environmental issues.

Don’t you know they’re god?

cerise columnar boles

colossal pulpy crust

multistoried mascots

three hundred and eighty feet

point three

but who’s counting

keeper of old time secrets

longevity power stability

defaced

by you

by us

a saw

two wedges

a sharp axe

overcome the deity falls

they all fall

in a line

lumber tables chairs

the floor you stomp across

goodbye god

with you goes our air

our food and water

with you god goes our climate

through the sawmill

on the other side

hardwood and despair