The Decorative Pine Cone

My boyfriend wrote this, and wanted me to share it with you all. :)

Nature's pressures of fire, avalanche, wind, and snow,
Yield a cyclic perpetuity of the conifer's ebb and flow.
As the pines falter, the aspen groves take ground.
A battle as old as the mountains, but the pine's plans are sound.
While the aspens grow more quick, the conifers more tall.
Aspens slowly choked from sun, their groves sure to stall.
But tall trees fall hard, as the cycle marches on
Locked in an eternal stalemate, never to be won.

A foot soldier in this conflict; the lowly conifer cone,
Companioned with green Brothers of the tree, but soon to be alone.
His mission is to fight, and sow the seeds anew,
But fortune had intentions and ambitions much less true.

The cone's aesthetic was valued beyond its divine role,
It could make the house look "rustic" when placed in a porcelain bowl.
Adorned with plastic flowers and vines, it matched the decor well.
The decorative pine cone, aspirations averted, would spend its life in Hell.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

The bigger they are the harder they fall...much like humans...you can knock us over, but we won't fall easily...we are resilient like the conifers that last...
when is displaced another will take its spot.
I feel rustic now....been in this forest a long while.
the rhythm of this and the natural rhyme make this quite a good read...
glad you shared his poem with us, Velvet.
j.

[VelvetPotato]

He is a pretty talented writer, but doesn't usually do, or even "get" poetry, so it was nice that he stepped out of his comfort zone.Thank you for your review, I'll share it with him!

[barleygirl]

In the beginning, I was likening this message to the way nature can recover from all the man-made disasters we dump upon her, along with natural catastrophes. But then I began to pick up on how you're putting this as a competition between the trees . . . nicely inventive & fun points of view. As a person living in the wilderness for 10 years, I have to disagree with this portrayal of trees . . . it feels a bit anthropomorphic . . . giving trees those aggressive competitive (rather ugly, in my opinion) traits that humans would bring to bear. If trees gave it this much thought, they'd join together & fight the planet-spoiling humans! I think it's great for you to support your hunny by posting his poem (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Chris Shaw]

You can tell your boyfriend Velvet that he writes well. Descriptive and visual. I am one who has pine cones on display. Yes they can find themselves in a decorative bowl, sometimes sprayed gold. Had me thinking about trees in general and how they fare from season to season, and how they seed themselves. I have an affinity with trees, so I enjoyed this poem.

Chris

[VelvetPotato]

I will tell him. I also have pinecones on display. :) Thank you, Chris.

[Chris Shaw]

You are welcome :)