NATURE Poem: Innisfree, by Ilyse Simon

It is so loud
When I listen to the trees.
They have much to say

Pine asks for my sadness
To transform it into courage and inspiration.
Cypress, the water tree,
offers rivers of qi for my kidneys
To give me strength and willpower.

There is nothing more perfect than this moment
The sun toys with the clouds my eyes its reflection on the lake

This lake, a puddle from an iceberg 15,000 years ago
A microcosm like the stone next to the butterfly weed
beneath the dawn redwood
Rescued from extinction from a long forgotten Harvard professor needing a gift for his Sinophile
client
A seed.

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