These trees have no source of income
beyond the earth
and the sun.
They are the living sculptures
of this world:
now they are being felled, felled
as in Binsey, long ago,
by all those busy builders -
builders of roads to nowhere
roads to ruin
despoilers of the shadows, times, places.
'Candelabrum' April 1997.
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Thu 1st Sep 2022 18:08
I align myself with Germanic mythology surrounding trees.
It is easy to dismiss the followers of GAIA, at least for now...that may not always be so.
Provocative thoughtful writing, as ever.
Maybe with a little help from the spirits of the wood? People dismiss the 'fanciful' at their peril. I hope the decision turned out well for you Ray. Thanks for your continued support. John
Trees should be our friends as indeed they would be if we cherished them instead of obliterating them, and as you say for what? Grandiose schemes with short term interests at heart. I made a massive personal decision once and sat under an old oak under I found an answer within myself.
Ray
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John Marks
Thu 1st Sep 2022 20:48
Thank you Frederick, Holden, Stephen, KL, and Massoud. Yes, in our arrogance we dismiss too easily that which we fail to understand. As you say, hopefully, in time, our minds will open to all those unknown unknowns that surround us and we know nothing of.
“Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces