Arms of the Trees Reach Out

Tall, reaching for the sky, with layers of life

Green, light, some dark, large and small are their leaves

Soft, tender, fragrant, are their spring blossoms

Many standing side by side as if they are family

Protecting the earth and sheltering the world

Rugged, grey-brown, tough is their surface

Roots beneath the earth unseen to the eye flourish

Birds, squirrels, insects harbor and make homes

Branches stretched in all directions give an artists shape

Arms of the trees reaching out for peace