Lookout

LOOKOUT

From the very top of a tree
I watch what grounded ones can’t see

That meandering line in the grass
The hurry-scurrying    tips of blades just stirring

You feel so a part of the sky
A breeze tickles your feet by and by

A tree upside down
Like a leafy merry-go-round

Far and wide    Earth laid flat
A geometric this and that

There is this wish to forever remain
But the soil always calls one back again

lifenaturerhyme

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Sara Kendrick

June 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM

Great write...I haven't been upside down in a tree for a long time ...I will have to get someone to build me a tree house so that I can hang over the side of the tree house and view things from upside down..Let the inspiration overflow into our lives..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

June 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM

well, I am tickled pink to see you posting a new one. (or is it a golden oldie/) I really really like it! Luv,Andrea

Elaine George

June 21, 2010 at 5:55 PM

Hi Dave, I spent many hours in the trees when I was a kid. I loved pretending I was on top o the world. I have a big old crab apple tree in m yard and I was up in it the other day cutting down a few branches that were startig to become a problem - growing over the roof o the garden shed. For awhile I was a kid again and on top of the world. Yes I got your book and loved it. I sent you an email a few days afer I received it, telling you how much I enjoyed it. DID YOU GET IT? Love, Lainie