what of knowing

it is not just the knowing, 

but the knowing of the know, 

that matters.

to be fully aware 

of the nuances 

and the suppositions 

and the assumptions,

that foster and arm 

every know

into its actualization.

for every root 

of every tree 

speaks for the tree. 

and yet is concealed, 

by the earth 

that has come between,

that the roots have grown through,

that labor as anchors and source,

for the apparency of the tree,

to stand upright,

as the knowing 

that present as itself . . .