THE BLEAK TREE & ME ~ A SYMBIOSIS ?
THE BLEAK TREE ~ Winter buffeted
Looked so forlorn and naked in the SNOW
My heart went out to Her ~ thoughts of Autumn
Finery ~ did She really know ?
Her trunk was gnarled ~ but I was bold !
So I gave Her a HUG ~ and gently said .......
Soon it will be Spring ! Birds will nest & sing !
Remember ? When the SNOW has fled !
She shook Her branches ~ shedding SNOW
Did she really know ? Did She remember ?
Her GLORY in the Spring and in the Summer
Autumn GLORY ~ into late September !
I feel the changes ~ in My Life
Spring now into ~ the bright bright Summer changes
Promise of Fruitful Autumn ~ with my WIFE !
Then OLD AGE ~ Wintertime arranges !
We know Life changes ~ Year by Year
And face challenges ~ each decade will hold
What of MY TREE ~ can She act just like Me ?
And face each Season ~ Strong & very Bold !
Thanks for reading ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN ๐๐งก๐
This Poem is dedicated to DIAMOND who is helping ME to be
a BETTER POET ! I appreciate that too many of My Poems are
too factual ~ more like BLOGS ! DIAMOND has rightly pointed
out that POETRY needs Originality ~ Creativity & Imagination !
My MUSE was stirred by this PICTURE of *A Bleak Tree Winter
Battered* and the thought came to Me ~ When She was Winter
buffeted did She remember that SPRING would follow Winter
with its bright green leaves and blossom and BIRDS etc etc ?
Then I compared it with the Seasons in my LIFE Spring (0 to 20)
Summer (21 to 40) Autumn (Raising a Family 41 to 60) Winter
(Old Age 61 to 80+). We look around and know (more or less !)
what each double-decade will bring ~ but does My Tree remember
each Season ? Angela liked this and appreciates the constructive
comments DIAMOND has made on my BLOGGY POEMS ! BRIAN.