The art of Renewal

The art of Renewal

You stand strong O’ deciduous trees

Come autumn  your cloak falls and freeze

 

No leaves no flowers yet you don’t care

You seem complete, strongly rooted there

 

Teach me too to shed my hurt and pain

Help me let go of anger and strain

 

In winter, you shed to save your energy,

I too wish to conserve my light and melody

 

Not waste my breath on shout or cry,

Like you I’ll learn to quieten and try

 

Longing to rebuild what is left behind                                 

Unlike you, I fear, renewing my mind

To learn from you to wait for springs embrace
To time out and nourish myself with grace

 

To rise again calm and soulful

Teach me the art of your renewal

 

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

an observant eye watches nature and sees oneself. earth is a mother and a teacher and guides us through each step of our lives, and winter is a call for rest and recuperation.
To time out and nourish myself with grace
an amazing line that sums it up. that the fading of colours that happen this time of the year naturally leads us into restful slumber. there is beauty in it, as you have captured so eloquently in this verse.

[Aarti Sriram]

Thanks for your very beautiful thoughts dear Ern. I have the luxury of time and like you say I really wish nature to be my teacher. The rest and slumber yes thankyou for summing that up so well dear!

[Chris Shaw]

We can learn so much from trees. Beautifully penned dear Aarti. Wonderful couplets, and the third one lingers especially. Lovely poetry.

Chris

[andrew mitchell]

A most enjoyable write. How resilient are trees especially those large redwood trees in Yosemite national park. But all trees in general such beauty and importance in supporting life.

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou for your visit and very supportive review @Andrew

[Fia Naturie]

Very contemplative. To sit with oneself and be renewed very nice.

[Aarti Sriram]

Nice meeting you @Fia ! Thankyou for your supportive review dear.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

A wonderful poem about renewal. The Luna moth shares the renewal of the trees in spring; emerging from her cocoon after the long winter has passed. And she needs those deciduous trees to survive. Oh, that we could all rest through the worries and the bad weather of life to emerge, new and transformed.

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou dear Fabian. I am guessing they are similar to silkworms, shall look up Luna moth. Thankyou for your reviews. Transforming from bad weather of life...nicely put dear!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

They are gorgeous. I wrote a poem about one I had an encounter with many years ago. I'll have to check my archives and see if I can dig it up. It's a moth with about a 5 inch wingspan, light green with crescent moons on each wing. I think they may be endangered now.

[Martiya Daman]

It's beautiful and amazing. A lovely write. Keep up the good work Aarti, I am absolutely speechless!

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou dear for taking time to read and for kindly reviewing this piece.

[Martiya Daman]

You're welcome !

[John the Baptist]

We could probably learn a lot from trees. They endure, despite conditions. They can't deal very well with developers, though.

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou dear @John for sharing important thoughts here. Absolutely ,trees exemplify incredible resilience but vulnerable to human development and we are killing our best facilitators of life!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

If only we could renew ourselves and be as strong as the trees.
I really like this poem....I would replace the "u" with "you"---
text language in poetry tends to have the reader not take it as seriously as intended.
But overall, I really calming write.
j.

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou for pointing out dear @J and I have edited the same. It is encouraging to read your review.

[Soren]

I love that you picked a tree for this metaphor. Too long we have given too little creedance to plants for their wisdom in survival and cooperative living. They unlike us live peacefully and in harmony without war, murder, rape, theft. They share with others and give us what we need to survive from oxigen to food. A lovely write

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou dear @Soren for stopping by and sharing your lovely review. Yes truly.. and I feel so connected with trees, its so calming and a giver always..

[Marie]

Beautiful spiritual write, dear Aarti and a very wonderful prayer too. During Winter, beautiful as the season is, we long for Springtime and renewal. We need to be patient while we wait for the arrival of Spring and to find happiness in Winter before letting it slip away. A beautiful tribute to nature so finely penned and expressed. Thank you for sharing, dear Aarti. Lovely work, dear friend...

[Aarti Sriram]

Thankyou very much sweet Marie ..

[Marie]

Most welcome always, dear Aarti...