Did the Tree Spirits Die Too
Did The Tree Spirits Die Too
Shadows wrap the mighty black oaks
moving so slow like the older folks
Many decades have grown trees strong
I listen for that most ancient song
Terrible storms have left their mark
trees scarred, cut, bent and swayed
Dark black trunks of fire burnt bark
where forest fires savagely played
At times whispers can be heard
listen and one can so clearly hear
tree spirits uttering a single word
a moaning cry without a single tear
Stop cutting to just foolishly waste
we are here for another important reason
think long term act not in haste
allow us each and every growing season
Think of clean air and beauty we provide
not just the money to be greedily made
We each have growing hearts deep inside
and spirits we would never ever trade
Shadows guard the mighty black oaks
moving so slow like the older folks
Many decades have grown trees strong
I listen for their most ancient song
Robert J. Lindley, 03-28-2015
note: Must give credit to the teachings of my Native American heritage.
Pagan it may be but they worshipped mother earth, the streams and the trees, the animals etc.
I have many, many books on the Native Americans and their religious beliefs are fascinating...
"When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, do not the stately shadows of the wood, the stillness of the place, and the awful gloom of this doomed cavern then strike you with the presence of a deity?"
- Seneca
Quote from the Roman Seneca but one can easily imagine the great Indian chief and orator Seneca expressing the exact same sentiment as the Native Americans lived it..
Writing , I went to the sonnet form at 14 verses but felt the need to go farther.
Repetition of the opening stanza in my closing stanza is normally done with no changes
but in this poem I made slight changes for a reason.
Originally posted today at another forum that I lounge around shooting the breeze with political junkies..
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2015
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