These short, stunted cedars
weren't lined up for
a bonsai show.
They face the future and
the wind not defiantly,
but with resilient
resolve - if there is
such a thing for those
deformed by life, minus
limbs and broken middles.
They live brutally
buffeted and battered
on a bluff overlooking
the Puget Sound. But
perched there, they get to see
the silhouette of Seattle's skyline
nestled to the right
of Mount Ranier's pink glow -
every single night at sunset.
Historic Ebey's Landing - Whidbey Island, Washington
