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kynder
Senior Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida

0 posted 2000-05-02 03:37 AM

I stood there, just sobbing.
Couldn't breathe-
Legs burning-
Too long of running from it all.
Convinced no one else had felt like this.

I looked above,
Agony leisurely strolling upon my face.
My eyes, so full of empty,
Cried a tear of awe-
Never before such majesty they had saw.
Who would have thought a Live Oak tree
Would save my Dead Human soul?
Or so I felt it to be.
Tiny ferns clung, ever so delicately,
To the branches, so fine and strong.
Spanish moss, so gracefully hung, swayed like
Natural pinatas, in tune to their own
Secret song.

I closed my eyes, so I could witness it all.
Visualized the generations past who had
Stood here, proud and tall.
I could almost hear the whispers,
The gossip of the womenfolk,
The kids climbing as high as they could,
The lovers who had met here under this
Quiet, protective hood of
Soft, tender leaves and
Hard, living wood.

I felt it rush out of me,
My pain and my rage.
My breath, now easy,
In my legs, new energy abounds.
And I finally saw what I had found.
God's majesty lovingly planted in the ground.

****kynder

The years teach much which the days never know. Ralph Waldo Emerson

SpitFire
Member Elite

since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

1 posted 2000-05-02 11:38 AM

~This my friend is absolutely beautiful. I love it. What you pulled from this is great. What you made me stop and see is another great thing..thank you.

Joel the wolf
Senior Member

since 2000-04-06

Posts 1333
Angels Camp

2 posted 2000-05-02 08:45 PM

Spit is right, this is a great thing.
and yes Trees do have a lot to say, and feel.
I have run up this very same trail. And had stoped at this tree.
Joel.

I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

NamelessOne
Member

since 2000-04-09

Posts 197
Biloxi MS

3 posted 2000-05-03 09:32 AM

Damn girl this is good, its flowing from the heart and it shines. I liked this one a lot.
Still your bud
NamelessOne
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Scarlet Lady
Member

since 2000-02-11

Posts 242
Midwest

4 posted 2000-05-03 09:56 AM

              ~WOW~!!!!!!!

This was an awesome poem!
I needed to read something like this today.  Thanks for sharing such a wonderful tribute to the majesty that is all around us, the majesty that we can all forget to see and appreciate.

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