A Tree Grows in Baltimore

“A Tree Grows in Baltimore,” photo taken by A. Jarrell Hayes.

I took this photo somewhere near E. North Ave. I had seen this tree growing through the abandoned house dozens of times. It’s been there for years. Dilapidated, boarded up, forgotten. Yet something still found the strength to grow, big & tall, busting through the plywood and cracked glass despite the circumstances.

There’s a connection between that and Baltimore, the city where I reside. Where the citizens are often…