In Spirit With Trees

** In Spirit with Trees ** I feel sad, feeling a kind of tragedy When I see that a storm has broken… has felled trees. Grass everywhere green, rises. Flowers splendidly gracing…And Blessed crops progress us all… But, The fig, olive, walnut, willow, ash, and magnolia — The palm, maple, oak, redwood, and evergreen — The any and every kind of tree affect me, As I breathe and dearly perceive. I must confide, my curiosity about trees has deepened Since decades ago, when I read some Japanese folklore Tells of the believing their ancestors Could remain here becoming spirits in trees. That idea — plus the knowledge about how eons of trees evolved since their days amidst the dinosaurs — Has …increased my awe of them, as I see growth and strength for purposes, and to possibly inspire as towering sillouhettes against the sky… Beautifully awakening wonder, with a mysterious Sensing Trees may stand waiting communicate. ——————————————————————————————————— (c) sally young eslinger 7/6/23 Thanks be to God—-