Now what?

                                 I will not, cannot,walk past a tree 

                                 Without taking an unconscious notice.

                                 Usually, trees and their brethren,

                                 Take on a paramount meaning in my life

                                 Yet, I cannot reach for the sun like a tree.

                                 I cannot fly like a bird

                                 I cannot make diligent strides to make a

                                 Home in the earth like the ant and

                                 his co-inhabitants.    

                                 What am I do do?

                                 I want to become part of their world.             

                                 Must death be the only way?

                                 No!

                                 I must devise a way to become literally

                                 Part of their world while maintaining

                                 the ability to realize it.

                                            

                                        Why? 

                                              They don't!

                                                       Now what? 

Reviews

[Linda alexander]

Yet, I cannot reach for the sun like a tree.
I cannot fly like a bird
I cannot make diligent strides to make a
Home in the earth like the ant and
his co-inhabitants.
What am I do do?
Excellent write, very thought provoking, but not sure how exactly realizing and becoming part of the earth, still poem made me to take small steps for it, impressed, congrats, take care

[Dee]

wow...I so get this! I am a tree & nature freak.....wow is all I can say again....i GET THIS! I GET YOU!

BUT I AGREE...NOW WHAT? I am going to get real quiet this spring and just listen as I smell the good earth when it relaxes from its winter stillness.......then try and hear what the earth is really saying...this may trip me up to what the trees are saying as well.

[paul sal.....]

sounds like a poem to me,write it!

[FlamingPhoenix]

Thought-provoking--especially the last three lines. Ah, to be a tree--or a bird--nicely done.

[paul sal.....]

thanks, i'm waiting for the snow to melt........