Survival.

Survival.

A Poem by Fay Slimm


Survival.

Why do trees stubbornly struggle when blasted ?

Too rudely knarled, wind-bent yet alive,
ironized knuckles bear scars pummeled black.

Is it not proper we learn how such can survive ?

    

         How do sunken rootlings become clinging claws ?           

Fortress of foot-power gale's power fights 
while every blast aims its limb-splitting force.

Yet a mere sapling, if rooted in Self-hood, revives.

 

As the days of a battle-wise moorland tree
so shall be the ways of victorious humanity.

© 2019 Fay Slimm


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We need strong roots to survive just as the tree does in the harsh conditions of winter. Yet when you look at a sapling, you do wonder. They survive against all the odds. Reminds me of a silver birch in my garden which has taken some batterings and yet lives to see another spring. Another wonderful nature write Fay together with a superb image.

Chris

Posted 4 Years Ago


Fay Slimm

4 Years Ago

Too true Chris that the sapling is a good example of bending to avoid breaking - - - - and life for.. read more
Chris Shaw

4 Years Ago

You are welcome Fay. Loving your nature writes.

Chris
nice allegory here...we dig in with all we have when the storms of life are needed to be weathered.
Good roots, and we bend but not break.
j.

Posted 4 Years Ago


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Fay Slimm

4 Years Ago

Too true jacob - bending to challenges is what is needed by trees and by we earthlings too. Thanks f.. read more

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Fay Slimm
Fay Slimm

Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom



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