Okinawa, Japan
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
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Kin Cho Kin
Okinawa, Japan
Copyright 2009
by Marla Meier and Michael Lynch
Prose: © 2008 Marla Meier. All rights reserved.
Photo: © 2008 Michael Lynch. All rights reserved.
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