three years ago this tree was dying
i didn't know why but he was clearly sad
i asked him what was wrong and he told me
so i took the dead branches off him
spent more time watering him
and gave him my love
the next year he blossomed -
a cloud of blossoms
each as soft as a kiss
have you held a blossom on your lips?
i was deeply thrilled
to touch the pink blossoms
each carefully painted
with thin deep red threads
but to feel my friend's rough body
to know that he had found his life again
well that was pure joy
and that joy
was driven even deeper
by the appearance of fruit
the birds ate it all in three days
but to know that the black cherry
had returned and made its place again
was the purest magic
he's sleeping right now
but i drop in on him
to let him know
i'm still around
waiting
and hoping
that he will be too
He's pleased.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that someone else talks to the trees Steven - makes all the difference.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the chance of a real revival here. Perhaps not much but these little bits of life, these epicormic shoots give us hope.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. One of those monumental 'minor' accomplishments of a rich life. We have probably all read and been moved by The Giving Tree; this could be The Golden Fish and the Receiving Tree.
ReplyDeletelinda sue - yep he surely is and i am very pleased for him. steven
ReplyDeleteweaver - i talk to lots of stuff. plants, trees, crows. i don't know why. i like it! steven
ReplyDeleteelisabeth - are you thinking locally, or globally?! steven
ReplyDeletelorenzo - ha! this could become an epic tale! i'll keep it as simple as it really is. steven
ReplyDeleteAren't trees amazing?
ReplyDeleteLovely to have a real 'blossom' day ... and your tree hibernating beneath the snow ... waiting.
Such soft, beautiful words.
your connection made me cry, but in such a happy way. that connection,
ReplyDeleteit's love! and it is all around us, always, just waiting to be discovered. your words above too steven, "i'll keep it as simple as it really is."
Yeah!!!!!!
thank you for sharing this.
OK Steven, make me cry! In a good way, though. That tree is so lucky.
ReplyDeleteI always put the ornamental cherry blossoms to my lips - in fact I eat them! Don't tell anyone; I don't think I'm supposed to.
The new banner? WOW!!
aguja - trees are truly amazing. they have stories and then also they hold so much knowledge of vyvles and then the many goodnesses they provide. list them all to yourself and prepare to be astonished - not only at the trees but also at what you know. steven
ReplyDeleteOh, Steven...your description of the "pink blossoms
ReplyDeleteeach carefully painted
with thin deep red threads" is exquisite.
I'm personally connected to trees, too. I talk with them, we reach out to each other. I vow to protect them, and my granddaughter shares the same sensitivity. It fills me with hope.
Thank you for the lovely words and lovely images with them.
I look forward to that blossom... meanwhile I enjoy your loud silence-
ReplyDeleteDulce
Hooray! I love cross-kingdom contact!
ReplyDeletetitus - it's the bee's knees! steven
ReplyDeletejo i'm always heartened to read of people like yourself reaching across the barriers of perception into worlds that reach into ours without condition! steven
ReplyDeletedulce - i'm looking forward to the blossoms and everything that goes with it - the birds and the bees. a loud silence. hmmmm gotta think about that! steven
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