long ago whisper
words carried to distant shores
hope fills my shell
Have you ever listened to a shell? What has it said?
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Hearts -Side by Side
He listens more to the words she writes
than most listen to the words she speaks
understands, anticipates the unspoken
what is this relationship?
transcendent reality, illusion of happiness
her mind alive in him
world where thoughts merge
takes her breath away while never breathing the same air
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blue of her eyes seen in each clear sky
knows the gentle quiver of her smile
yet never touches her lips
rose-like softness and fragrance awaken his senses
each touch belongs to her fingertips
in the path of life their hearts walk side by side
a song echos their story
Did I Tell You? (a poem about mis-communication)
Intelligence an “I” that looks into the Wisdom of the Ages
I was talking to a fellow poet about trees this week. We were musing about the intelligence stored up in the trees. What mistakes would we bypass if we could access the ancient wisdom of the trees?
Have you ever contemplated what if would be like to have been under the teaching of Plato, or studied art with Monet, or ridden in a tank with MacArthur? Can you imagine the wisdom that those who have gone before us could impart to man today?
Survivors
Think about the Redwoods or the Sequoias. They are some of the oldest trees in existence – they have been through many wars, survived plagues, droughts, and general mayhem. These trees managed to keep it together during the Civil War. They held their peace when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. They felt the earth quake in their roots when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Peace Summit
Think about holding a peace summit with the oldest trees in the world. I’m sure they could shed some literal and figurative light on the direction our world is going. They have seen and heard what has come from the ramblings and the idiocies of men.
Listen
What would the trees say to us? Listen really carefully and maybe just maybe you can catch a piece of a conversation between two senior citizens:
“Remember that young fella. He was almost as tall as the young saplings. He was interested in trees and mankind – honest too.”
“I remember when Teddy Roosevelt made a tribute to some of our relatives. That human knew a thing or two about trees.”
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.” – Treebeard
If only we would listen, maybe our world could stop the speeding train heading toward disaster. Trees don’t care about economics, but I’m sure they would love to see the human heart exposed. How would it fair if it were exposed?
The trees would expound on the merits of wisdom. Wisdom would be revealed in compassion for one’s fellow man rather than the popular getting ahead schemes of the populace.
Straight from the Tree’s Mouth
If we could only get a quote from a tree – hmmm
‘One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their surface were sparkling with the present; like sun shimmering on the outer leaves of a vast tree, or on the ripples of a very deep lake.’ The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers
If you have been reading my “I” series this is a different kind of “I”. Hope it causes you to ponder. As I stood beneath an old tree today, I tried to soak in just a little something – Intelligence??? Who knows…
Listen – a poem
If I could have done one thing
it would have been
a change in the way
I listened to you
I should have been
always intent
waiting to hear
those words so dear
Your friendship means more
than words of love
I’d rather have that
it’s a gift from above
