Andrew Charles Forrest

The best time to plant a tree

The best time to plant a tree

 

Life is so fragile it’s like a piece of liquid silk

We touch it and our dreams all fade away into its milk

Scared to love or speak our minds in case we may offend

We gently gender re-assign so no-one need pretend

We have to learn to love each other... this will not go away

We’re all God’s children in this pool of messed up DNA

Poets only have to sense a seraphs pain to feel bereft

But man will not be happy until he’s the only species left

 

Chinese proverb

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the next best time to plant a tree is now