Backlit cedar trees, two almost upright, two bent over in arcs, at the edge of a greening-up true swamp in a temperate bottomland

Steps From Wet Ankles

Seasons cycle, and storms come. Trees rooted in soil that is dark muck between loose stones over bedrock carrying seeping groundwater to soil a bit lower, to true freshwater deciduous swamp forest — trees still on the verge of land, spongy land — don’t all get to stay fully upright their whole lives.

Backlit cedar trees, two almost upright, two bent over in arcs, at the edge of a greening-up true swamp in a temperate bottomland

As seen on a rainy late spring day.