The Power Of A Single Tree

To sit beneath its glorious branches
To breath in the freshness and purity
Feel stillness, know I am one in ashes
And know time stands still here in obscurity

To lift my face and smile at God divine
Thank Him for this gift of shade and delight
Take in the sights the smell of pine and vine
Let go of the world and its heavy plight

Ease into this place, nature’s cathedral
Where the divine whispers within branches
A heavenly choir rises up angels
And a breeze plays at the leaves of birches.

These trees raise bows up in praise and glory
Embrace their power in a single tree.


An English Sonnet written the September round of

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Verdant Poetry Contest  (E) NATURE-themed quarterly contest. #2000001 by Choconuts Roasting

"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."
- Rabindranath Tagore