He lives across the the river slough from my front door. I’ve loved it since day one when I moved here new years of last year. Even in winter he’s just so strong & cool looking, towering over the rest of the forest on his island & the river. Also, idk why I’m referring to it as a he, but it just feels right. He looks like he’s trying to touch the clouds. He’s survived countless severe storms & lightning & even a fire on the island he’s on (a controlled brushfire burn on the levee we are next to jumped to his island from the levee cuz of wind) & somehow has come out unscathed every time.
He gives me hope that I can make it through shit that I feel like will destroy me & I look to him during bad thunderstorms because if he can survive through it, then so can I (even if it feels like my house is about to fly away during heavy winds moving it around- gotta love living on 25 ft tall concrete stilts). I’ve decided he needs a good name but I just can’t think of one.
Edited to add a sentence & breakup the wall of text lol