Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

Growth

Majestic evergreens, ramrod tall, towering over the fence they border
   Long-ago runts, thirsting for water, struggling for their place in the sun

Bought for a pittance, a young man's dreams egging them on
   Now he's older, they've left him behind, stumbling in their wake  

As they fight back against the chill Spring wind, headstrong as he once was
   His laughter parting the very skies, pleading for Nature to take her course

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Caren Krutsinger April 17, 2019 at 12:46 AM Beautiful imagery, which caught me up so fast in pure beauty, I had to go back to get the context. Profoundly done, my friend.

David Mchattie April 16, 2019 at 9:03 AM Most people in my neck of the woods, try not to plant evergreens. They get so big and take up the whole yard and kill the grass. Developers like to plant them at new homes because they look better. Eventually, they have to come down. They grow like weeds.

Panagiota Romios April 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM Stop Gershon..I have evergreens in Back of my house..I worry about them as if they were children. I want to bring mine inside.,how crazy is that? Tree Lover, Panagiota Gershon Wolf April 16, 2019 at 8:23 PM Sounds pretty crazy! … I'd keep those evergreens outside. They'll be (more than) 'alright' soon enough. ~ Fellow Tree Lover, gw