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Brothers and Sisters All

Around us familiar fellows flow

Sharing an ancestry of long ago

Similarly shaped yet uniquely designed

Not at face value to be maligned

One carries an elevated height

Whereas another’s a petite delight

The vivacious fill the day with fiery spice

Strolling retirees think a sunset’s nice

Audacious and serene

Magenta and green

Some applaud our similarities

While others single out peculiarities

Please heed this poignant call

See us as brothers and sisters all

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August 7, 2013
Life, Nature, Photography, Plants, Poetry, Spirituality
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Together We Grow

Here we stand joined together reaching skyward

Bound by rings of love and time we grow

Our roots penetrate deep into fertile soil

Sun seeking and life giving, our branches spread wide

Generations of offspring gather at our feet

In seasons old wind whipped us nearly bare

Lightning threw her daggers all around

Storms of pelting ice sought to beat us down

But love has taught us to wait for parting clouds

Gentle rains come to welcome rainbows of promise

Once again life breaks forth in celebration

And we resume our stretch for the heavens

Note: I took this photograph in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. While on a walk in the forest, I spotted these two white pines. They grew so close together that they appeared joined at the base. As I pondered these two beautiful trees, I felt as though they were a metaphor for me and my husband. Married for 47 years, we have grown side by side as love carried us.

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