Showing posts with label roots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roots. Show all posts
7/24/13
5/14/12
5/4/12
On Spring's Doorstep
Waiting to bud and grow...
Slender young forest
Weathering a few young winters
Waits...
To spring forth new shoots
Fearing nothing unknown.
Age will bring mars and scars, experience
Strength to roots, trunks, branches, twigs
Waiting...
For storms and winds to pass
Fearing not the known.
Slender young forest
Weathering a few young winters
Waits...
To spring forth new shoots
Fearing nothing unknown.
Age will bring mars and scars, experience
Strength to roots, trunks, branches, twigs
Waiting...
For storms and winds to pass
Fearing not the known.
1/11/12
I Want To Be Like A Tree
With skills to adapt wherever I am...
A Palo Verde adding value to the universe surrounding me.
A tree with a deep taproot for lean years and shallow surface roots for abundant years to sustain myself under different circumstances and keep the earth around me from eroding. With a trunk that is sturdy, sinewy and strong, protected by bark and able to withstand high winds and stormy weather. With a system of stems to support tissue and disseminate cells for good health and a reason to be optimistic about the world that surrounds me. Branches that grow long and hardy with twigs to grow leaves rich in oxygen production and carbon dioxide reduction.
It would be alright by me to be any tree, deciduous or evergreen, large or small, rainforest or desert, any climate in between. In a climate with a lot of rain opportunity is almost always there to make the most of. In an arid hot and dry one using resources wisely is paramount and advantageous.
My choice though is to be like a Palo Verde tree that has overhanging and sweeping branches that provide shade in the hot desert. My capital would be spent wisely and stockpiled for the dry spells and in rainy seasons bloom yellow flowers to germinate. I would live hundreds of years, see epochs of history, provide shade and shelter for people and animals, survive and thrive to benefit the geography of life that surrounds me.
A Palo Verde adding value to the universe surrounding me.
A tree with a deep taproot for lean years and shallow surface roots for abundant years to sustain myself under different circumstances and keep the earth around me from eroding. With a trunk that is sturdy, sinewy and strong, protected by bark and able to withstand high winds and stormy weather. With a system of stems to support tissue and disseminate cells for good health and a reason to be optimistic about the world that surrounds me. Branches that grow long and hardy with twigs to grow leaves rich in oxygen production and carbon dioxide reduction.
My choice though is to be like a Palo Verde tree that has overhanging and sweeping branches that provide shade in the hot desert. My capital would be spent wisely and stockpiled for the dry spells and in rainy seasons bloom yellow flowers to germinate. I would live hundreds of years, see epochs of history, provide shade and shelter for people and animals, survive and thrive to benefit the geography of life that surrounds me.
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