Chapter (6) ONCE IN A WHILE STOP AND LOOK UP.

ONCE IN A WHILE STOP AND LOOK UP.

A tall tree, green, alone in a forest of trees. 

It stands amongst its neighbours 

and it bends with the winds of time.

It takes only what it needs to survive and 

to thrive it spreads its seeds.

It expects nothing only the sunrise and the sunset.

The early morning dew on its leaves it knows,

and the seeping spring rains between its toes.

It is unmoved by the greed and pains of humanity.

The insanity, of man upon man, race upon race, war upon war.

It seeks to settle no score, yet further more

gives safe haven to a countless host

beneath her unselfish canopy.

In it's branches they eat and live, slumber and die,

as nature has designed it to be.

But we breathe her air, we do not care

that we destroy our own world, our only world.

She is one of a million billion trees

swaying peaceful in the breeze, to keep us all alive.

So that we too may live and thrive,

A tree shares her world, shares her space, 

her place on this planet.

The trees are the lungs of this world 

And we are the cancer.

Reviews

[MomzillaNC]

I love this, Clive. Brilliantly and pointedly penned!

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thank you Denise. I've not written much of late. Had quite a lot going on. Hopefully I'll get back to writing again soon.

[MomzillaNC]

You’re welcome. I always look forward to your writes!

[Gee]

Greed will always take first place over what is good for this beautiful world we live in.Really enjoyed your writing

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thank you for reading.

[Terpsichore]

Today's world moves at a frantic pace, and there is absolutely not enough of stopping and looking up. You are so right to worry that we are in dire danger of failing future generations. T

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thank you so much I love this comment. I can do so little to protect our world so I thought I should write about it. Regards.

[Beccy]

Nature knows best, always has done. Perhaps one day we may learn the lesson before schools out for good.

Beccy.

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thanks for reading Beccy. You are so right. It worries me no end that my grand children will not know the full beauty of our world.

[wordman]

a tree is doing what god created it to do,it`s a shame man cannot follow suit,great write

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thank you word man. Every day I wake up and look out of my bedroom window onto a field of trees and I wonder at it all. I fear for my Grand children, will they be able to do the same.

[wordman]

no ,we`re nit going to be here long.we are at the end times