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Tree Talks 16 - 20

16.
Without
frequent,
regular,
mindful
balancing,
growth
old and new
will continue
warped
and
stunted.

The tree grows
with
the prevailing wind,
weather,
soil,
and friends.

We can choose to grow straight.
Tell me again
(I forget):
just why is it
you don’t?


17.
Meditation
by
analogy.

Trees.
Swans.
Rocks,
even.


18.
The law
of
equivalent
communication.

Nature speaks
on a level
and
in a language
equivalent to
the emotional content
and mindful emptiness
of
your
questioning.


19.
The
communion
and
fellowship
of
trees.

Of
things.

Re-animates
your
wings.

Your forgotten
wings.


20.
Trees:
the half
which brings
and supports
life
is
not
visible,
is
a
mirror image
of the half
which
is.

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