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Today, many headlines and emotions are swirling -- St. Patrick's Day, an L.A. earthquake, our 100 year-old-oak tree was cut down, and we just read and listened to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and The Plain White T's. Life is a beautiful, crazy ride. Today's poem, is a combination of all of this, and more. Who knew there were so many connections between all of them -- trees and boats and earth and sea and walking away and returning -- Green cheers to you and yours!
Come and Walk Among Us
to borrow a book from a man
who loves his mother,
and to listen to a sweet six year old
read about a tree that lives
to give
and gives to live
Lucky is the shepherd
who served his time,
found a boat,
and sailed back to build a home
with wood
from a tree he carved himself
Denied to be reunited
with a fool who sold her soul,
he should have listened to the breeze
and golden bees,
or to the earth that shook,
or Saint Patrick
(sometimes captivity is the best teacher)
After 28 days, he turned his back
on the chills and squander,
hoping he didn't break anything
when he
slammed the wooden door the last time,
mesmerized,
as his walking stick turned into a living tree
He imitates the chickens
running naked
through the hills,
pecking and vividly keen,
members of a club
most are denied
We are the tree that
gives to live,
and lives to give
So be it, so be it,
Come and walk among us...
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