I Am Tree

 

                                        I Am Tree

                                       © 2015 C.S. Roberts

I struggle and push,

The skin cracks and I grow.

I am reaching for what is above

I am reaching for what is below.

 

I find nourishment and drink

Still I push up and down

I reach and stretch

I search and grasp for what is there

What is meant for me

 

I finally feel the sun on my face

I find the depths with my roots

They beckon me to continue.

I feed from both above and below and am strong

I spread my branches to the sun and my roots to the Mother.

 

I embrace the life within me

I offer shelter and succor to the life outside of me.

I breath with you, we share breath, light and life.

My bark becomes pathways for life to travel.

Parts of me are for medicines to heal and sustain

 

My leaves for cover and

And my limbs for homes.

My fruit and leaves for food and fertilizer

My pollen and seeds for renewal.

I grow, I live, I produce, I flourish and die.

 

I take only what I require and I give all that I can

When I finally fall

I make room for more to live

I return to the soil that has sustained me

And become one with it

 

I am life I am tree

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