a tree

Jupiter Optimus Maximus
       within you dwells
we leaped across safe shade
     islands
in sunlight lava
    playing summer games
       you were home base
  the secret hideout
    until we discovered
       swimming pools
  the awkward courtship
       of skating rinks
 and Van Halen
    even so, beneath your
          arms, i
read books looking upward
     through your wondrous roof
now my own acorns have
  been growing
 as i lift them up
      for you to hold.