Family Tree

Family tree
If every leaf looked back far enough
Find that single twig bearing a bunch
Then maybe they would stop fighting
For a spot in the sun

If every twig looked back far enough
In the breach ‘tween it and its brother
Find that single branch
Joining ‘him’ to ‘her’ twining their destinies into one
Maybe then they would stop fencing in the wind.

If every branch instead of up, down or sideways
Looked back far enough unhindered by matters
Of girth, color, length, inclination or place
Then maybe,
Just maybe
At the very edge of sight
Shrouded in the mists of long
Forgotten ages of time;
A bole shinny and smooth leading to the same root
Planted in the same earth

If only they looked back far enough.
©AR.

Reviews

[nathan]

thank you Neva:)

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

If only we humans looked back far enough we would see that we are all leaves on the same tree......wow Nathan, this is brilliant.