Trees

Trees

Trees are amazing
Living sentinels
They protect us
Whispering 
Hidden knowledge
To those who
Are willing to listen
Giving us shade
Air to breathe
Offering life
Wherever they plant
Holding each other up
Supporting each other
And everything around them
We should all learn
To take more after trees
And revere them
For the amazing
Life giving 
Sentinels of the forrest
Instead of cutting them down

Reviews

[外人 (Gaiji..]

You know, it's funny how I get so many points of contact between the mindset you've shown in this poem and viking's symbolic system; according to them, trees represent the living energy of earth, as the myth of the creation of men in the viking mythology states (the first man and the first woman have been made from trees) also, since they join the three levels of being: hell, earth and heaven (all of them were very different from the christian vision of them!) they kept a huge knowledge :)

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Wow I love this one.
First off, you know the tree in Pocahontas the Disney movie? This poem reminds me of that. Especially in this part here:
"Living sentinels
They protect us
Whispering
Hidden knowledge
To those who
Are willing to listen"
Trees do so much, with the air they allow us to breath, to the animals they help and more. I love how you wrote this part here, with how they help each other... and how we should do the same just as the trees do.
"Holding each other up
Supporting each other
And everything around them"
So true:
"We should all learn
To take more after trees"
It is really sad to see so many trees cut down and forests gone... where there once was a beautiful piece of untouched land with trees and animals, etc... of lifes beauty:
"Instead of cutting them down"
A beautiful and lovely poem, with a wonderful meaning.

[Ahmad Cox]

Thank you. Trees really are wonderful and beautiful creations that breathe life wherever they are. They can teach a lot about ourselves and this planet if we are willing to listen.

[Androglossia]

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” And I say, "Save the trees and they will save you." Thank you for yet a again a very thoughtful write Ahmad.

[Ahmad Cox]

Thank you. We need trees as much as they need us.

[Mia]

First I thought you were going to use trees as a metaphor :)
This is wonderful, your care and kind heartedness is not just limited to people. You never cease to amaze me Ahmad!

[Ahmad Cox]

They are our lungs and lifeblood.

[Mia]

Very true, their survival is our survival!

[Kenaz]

Ihwas, reaching to the sky, connecting earth to the clouded heavens. I don't mean to sound like a hippie, but save the trees!

[Ahmad Cox]

Definitely. They are our life blood and our lifeline. I still don't understand why people don't understand and try and protect and honor them unread of destroying them.

[Steven Cash]

Reminds me of Narnia

[Falling Leaf.]

Very true. One thing: forest is spelled with one r. Other than that, nicely penned!

Keep doing what you're doing,
Savannah

[Ahmad Cox]

Thanks for letting me know