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Apogee Photo Magazine

 

 

Tales from Around the World:

A Continuous Quest

Joining forces is Colorado prose writer Marla Meier &  Okinawa, Japan
photographer Michael Lynch.  Then travel to Tucson, Arizona with
Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid to visit the Fiesta de Saguaro.


 

 


Copyright © Michael Lynch
Digital Enhancement by Marla Meier
 

 

Sit and Talk with a Tree
 

Can you take a little time

to sit with a tree?

You don’t have to be there,

you just have to see.

 

Is it rooted right close

in the yard of your mind,

or does it invite from afar -

a figure standing sublime.

 

Does it prevail among friends

all waving in sync or

persevere all alone –

do you really think?

 

Do its arms reach out

to gather you near?

Let them shroud you in love -

precious moments hold dear.

 

Does its torso invite you

to rest back for a time?

Just breathe slowly together –

together combined.

 

Can you converse in words -  

talk to a tree?

Heaven forbid,

someone else should see!

 

What would you say -

what thoughts would you share?

Your secrets and feeling –

intertwined with care.

 

Will it respond to you

from its canopy in reach or

from its patterns of roots

lying far beneath?

 

Let your mind be still -

listen real close.

Ages of wisdom and knowledge

it will disclose.

 

Can you grow together,

you and this tree?

Provide for each other -

there’s much to perceive.

 

And when you’re all done,

can you give it a pat and

thank it for helping you

get where you’re at?

 

So maybe, just maybe,

you’ve come by to see,

you can sit and chat –

sit and talk with a tree.



Prose: Marla Meier
Colorado, USA
Copyright 2009
 

Photo: Michael Lynch 
Kin Cho Kin 
Okinawa, Japan

Copyright 2009
 

 

 

Travel to Tucson, Arizona with Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid to visit the Fiesta de Saguaro.

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