In my yard stands a tree tall and sturdy lone like a hermit, regal like an empress her roots dug deep her branches touching the heavens peeking behind the skies veil She has a coy dalliance with the Wind Sometimes he comes tickling her tender parts, whispering sweet nothings in her ear Overall she is still Still.................... like waters without ripples
She stands upright brooding over the saga of struggle from a sapling to a towering giant Indeed a tryst with destiny!
Under the summer sky braving the smarting beams she remained uncomplaining. Below the thundering clouds bearing a thousand needle ****** she stayed nonchalant. When the wind swept across bending her branches in all directions she stood on firm feet unwavering.
She tells a tale of struggle and survival She had stood there before I was born Now she displays every scar and every stripe on her knotted bark as a proud trophy
Sometimes I feel her pain when wet and dripping in pouring rain or scorched in the sun’s fiery rage Yet she holds an umbrella over all who come to her in sun and rain
This is a poem to highlight the beauty of trees and to show how they are important to each one of us.... Also the need to be like trees giving shade and shelter to others, holding an umbrella over many heads!