Like trees
Well-grounded people
Resist disease
Have roots firmly planted
Embedded deeply in dreams
Every life’s wish is granted
Sturdy and Tall
Provide home and shelter
For all
With limbs seeking sky
They reach and teach
All passers by
Like trees
Well-grounded people
Sway in the breeze
As storms gather round
Dark clouds threatening
Courage and strength abound
Like trees
Well-grounded people
Fall to their knees
In praise of beauty
Boughs of bountiful sunlight
Never charge duty
Offering precious gifts
Of life giving breath
Generosity of trees uplifts
The spirit of all
Who dare to grow tall
One day know they may fall
These well-grounded lovers of trees
Move with reverence, such grace
And artistic ease
Don’t care for trivial chatter
When they leave, joyful seedlings
They scatter
Contributed by Bud Wilson, Boulder, CO
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