Because the leaves appear each year
we need not fear their falling
and when dark nights bring morning sun
another night is calling
From seeming deaths and dark unknowns
never endings ~ deep and doubtful
come brand new Life and Liberty
revealing what is Joyful
With branches bare the trees don’t fear
but wait with dignity ~
they haven’t died without their leaves
though appearing differently
Trees know the sun comes up each day
to guide them with its light
to bring their growth so gradually
so they can fill out right
So unconcerned a tree must be
to never bother trying
a different way of getting green
like paint or theft or lying
The coming of the sun appears
to happen overnight
and trees are just like you and me
so naked in the light
For darkness to repeat itself
we cannot seem to bear ~
we try to keep our old leaves on
our past we try to wear
A tree lets go of what once was
and gladly waits the darkness ~
its branches lift majestically
through night and nature’s harshness
The tree can’t run or hide its plight
it can’t give up and die ~
held in its place by Love and Grace
kept hidden from my eye
In growing up and leafing green
the tree need only search
the Earth where it was once a seed
the soil that gave it birth
It grows straight down as well as up
in two ways ~ not just one
The need is met in its foundation
life-giving it becomes
A bird will nest within its arms
and fruit it will display
The trusting root receives the Power
to give each leaf away ~~~
( 1991 )
Domestic Violet
Semper Vi ~
Survivor . . . from the VORTEX
