Poem -
Saving a cherry tree
Saving me
White blossom now.Β
Cherries soon.Β
So strong.Β
So tall.Β
So proud.Β
Fourth time around.Β
First in a community gardenΒ
where it really hated the soil.Β
Then another community garden,Β
sadly vandalised.Β
Then my front gardenΒ
ββββββwhere it didn't really take.Β
So then the back.Β
;Now it blossoms.Β
Now it shines with white flowersΒ
and hope.Β
Lives can be saved.Β
It just takes patience, time and hope.Β
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Comments
This is really lovely. It gives us all hope, I think, in this current situation. No matter how bad the news of the virus is, the sunshine and flowers gives us a little respite from it all. Glad your cherry tree is doing well, finally. Hopefully it will reward you with some juicy cherries in the summer x
Being me,Β
This tree is such a survivor. It gives me hope. My garden is so full of metaphors.Β
NigelΒ
Hey NIGEL!!β¦..The simplicity of this shines brightly, beautifully, as if to offer a subtle truth, a hope, an inkling that survival is ALWAYS a possibility!!β¦.I lived in the Washington DC area when I was young (back here again now)....."The Cherry Blossom Festival" is here every year......celebrating a great number of trees that were a gift from China!!β¦..It's REALLY beautiful......take good care of that tree.....they bare beauty inside and out!!β¦...Great poem my friend!!β¦β¦.LOVE and ROCKETS!!β¦β¦..T xoΒ : )
Hey Tony, I hope you're OK in these weird times. I think that the thing I love about this tree is what it has taught me about me. I DO NOT give up on life.Β
I never will.Β
Your friend NigelΒ
Nigel such a superbly crafted verse. I am so intoxicated by spring I am just chomping at the bit to plant my goodies! My husband made me an incredible raised garden bed and I love my lil haven.Β I adore all things that grow..this is so beautiful
Thanks Lisa, I was looking around the garden yesterday and I suddenly realised how much I have rescued.Β
The cherry tree, my beautiful willow, two roses, an apple tree and some bamboo.Β
I say rescued but I must admit that in law it's called theft!Β
NigelΒ