The Harmony Tree

My thoughts of this world lie troubled and profound As I pause drenched in the golden hues of copper fields Stretched to the limit of the bronzed horizons that crowned Beaming with the aspiration of assured hope revealed As the sun wraps reverently all around Where old familiars have settled to retreat I have come where tranquility and serenity abound Looking for a place of peace I stand uplifted by a fabled tree of legendary rhyme That laid its roots sublimely patterned in story To furrow richly in the swelling soil of time Gently resting within its landscape’s glory It grew ever so magnificently Harvesting the goodness of adaptation In perfect unison with nature's severity Relinquished in the passing of generations Strong and textured with roughness and age From the scars of hardship it dwells In its simplicity and synchronicity-a musical page A soothing lullaby-a song of peace and farewell And in that golden light I am reminded we must In a world amid calamity, despair and strife Find ourselves in this place of calmness and trust Amidst gardens of hope glowing with harmonious life