The Pine Tree

Transcendentalism: holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience

Just after a rainstorm,

I stood below a big,tall pine tree,

looking at the wide trunk that supports the tree that reaches towards the sky,

A pinecone dropped from one of the long branches,

And fell right in front of me, landing in a puddle of water,

It plopped down in the water, spraying me with the earth’s tears,

As I bent down and picked it up,

The pinecone was in perfect condition,

The water kept it safe, safe, safe

 

Why can your spine reach so tall?

Towering over us all,

You house creatures in your bark skin,

Sheltering them from the outside world,

 

You have enemies as we do,

Stripping us from ourselves,

Forcing us to just keep going on,

And adjust to the environment and people around us

You can live for days, weeks, months, years, decades,

And still remain on this earth

Reviews

[seraphicAlisah]

Hi there miss paige! :)

This is one of my favorite in all your poems.
I'm not sure though if I get it right if its about nature and humankind. I'm a novice into writing and don't have much experience yet. So please understand and enlighten me.
Thanks for sharing this great piece.

[Sami Khalil]

A splendid read and write along with the analogy....Bravo..................