Wouldn’t you rather be in the
grasslands
dancing to the winds and rains,
being a blade,
being green and grounded, centred
in the land,
watching the timelessness of light
and shade?
Wouldn’t you rather be in
temperate zones
be a willow weeping into a lake,
the paving under old arches, or
keystones
or those meandering routes rivers
take?
I do love the grasslands, I love
the woods
and I adore the shapes of conifers
but the rainforest is equally good
-
the different beauties of the universe.
No, there's no other place I’d rather
be
content where I am – the current
canopy.
Indeed - nothing better than a bower of branches
ReplyDeleteAnywhere in the world! Thanks.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteTrees are a constant and sturdy companion! YAM xx
Sometimes better than human ones too! <3
DeleteIf you're not happy where you are, you won't be happy anywhere.
ReplyDeleteEternally true! Constantine P. Cavafy said exackly the same thing in The City, just that he said the converse - if you've ruined your life here then you've ruined it everywhere else in the world too.
DeleteYou draw those canopies sooooo well. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the canopy. Thanks EC!
DeleteI love trees. I'd rather be up a tree than pretty much anywhere. Excellent poem you have here. It made me smile.
ReplyDelete“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”
―Anne Herbert
My IWSG blog post discussed my love of originality. I'm looking forward to the bout of books readathon and WEP's flash fiction later this month.
Life threw me a curveball with a neighborhood crisis this week, but we got through it.
Winnie the Pooh is the world’s Ambassador of Friendship. In the US, National Friendship Day is the first Sunday of August. #FriendshipDay2022
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Sounds like a good, busy August, brilliant! Love the quote. And Winnie the Pooh too! Glad you got through the crisis. Look forward to your WEP post - I am seriously excited to see what direction you will take with this classical piece. All the best!
DeleteYes...its all about contentment
ReplyDeleteContentment is the only path to happiness.
DeleteFinding your bliss no matter where you are. Important to feel grounded wherever you land in the world. Great poem. Great attitude.
ReplyDeleteThank you. The key to feeling at home anywhere in the world. Important in a nomadic existence.
DeleteHi Nila - I'm late ... but what a thoughtful poem ... trees are the branches of life - we draw so much from them ... thoughts, life itself ... yes being under a canopy is a blessed way ...
ReplyDeleteIt looks like we're about to get some rain - which will be a blessing for our natural world ... cheers Hilary