“but my mind

functions in English. 

Is it because I live 

in the in-between?

Is it because I am 

longing to belong?”

— From “third language” 2014

Lily Shehady Poet. Translator. Educator.

Trees, bioindicators of nature, reflect the changes that happen in our souls each season. I have always felt deeply rooted within and connected to nature through trees.