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TITLE: I Don't Think About Trees | Previous Challenge Entry
By Diane L. Harris
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
For fuel, furniture, homes, even flavored toothpicks
Thank the Lord they’re a renewable resource
I don’t think about trees
Splendid redwoods or tinsel-smothered used firs
Dead or alive they’re a logo of life
They exchange with us the air we breathe
But I don’t think about trees
A faith-themed piece on trees should contain
Commentary on the Tree of Life
Or Jesus the tree and we the branches, or the “tree” on which Christ died
But what could I add about the living hope those trees incite in me?
I do love the shade of trees in summertime
Memorable old willows glorifying the tiny lake
Where I fed ducks and caught decomposed cans as a child
Chasing “helicopter” seed pods
Falling from generous maples on Spruce Street
Kept me satisfied simply in ecstatic dance
New paper gratifies my soul
And then I delight to see my work on paper
Even when I’m about to discard it
I especially love to breathe
In-out, shallow-deep, soft-heavy, sighing-silently I breathe
They take my carbon dioxide in exchange for the oxygen I need
Still, I don’t think about trees
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