Tree of Life
By: Alyson Brokaw
A small green shoot
Reaching its hand up to the world
As it grows, the world becomes different
New perspectives
New ideas
New angles on everyday life
Each day is a new day
Surrounded by family
And your friends
Loved by friends
Feelings change
Grown and alive
Filled by the spirit of nature
And love
Emptied by the evilness of hate
Though the body changes
The heart stays the same
Forever the same
Season after season
Day after Day
Time after time
Happiness of spring, coursing though your veins
Buds of love and joy, begin to show themselves
And display their full beauty
The summer full of love and joy
Not a pain in the world
Your body is full of life
You're green and full and whole
Changes in autumn change not
Your brightly colored leaves reflecting your spirit
But winding down to winter, you feel different
A wearing away at your soul
You feel energy draining away
In a long windy river
The wind blows, bitter cold
Your heart grows lonely
Friends no longer there
You leaves fall, littering the ground
Leaving you alone
Love is ebbing slowly away
The winter ends
Time is slowly growing old
Your rings become many
You are no longer there
A spirit
Flying above yourself
A freed soul
You feel the life slowly coming back
But this is a different life
This is the life of heaven