<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382599" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Regeneration</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The pine needles covered the ground like a carpet<br>and their fragrance was all around.<br>The pinecones scattered here and there<br>punctuated the ground.<br>The firs were thick, stately and tall<br>and had grown for many a year.<br>They grew with the company of each other<br>and it did appear<br>that all of the forest creatures<br>whether large or small<br>were content to see the pine needles<br>continuously fall.<br>All seemed peaceful and quiet<br>on the forest floor, <br>until the animals sensed a danger.<br>Then there came a roar.<br>Most feared by all the fir trees<br>a spark had created a flame<br>and as the animals ran for their life, <br>nothing was the same.<br>The fire spread and one by one<br>the firs were engulfed by smoke.<br>Unable to breathe, they stood their ground<br>and silently did choke.<br>Consumed by a blazing fire<br>they quietly went to sleep.<br>The sweet pine aroma was absent<br>and into the air did creep<br>a sorrow for all of the trees that died<br>that once had stood so high.<br>The rain that came to cleanse the ground<br>was a gift to them from the sky.<br>For they would begin to grow again<br>from the rain and sun that shone.<br>The firs would grow and regenerate<br>and then would come the cone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edwina+Reizer">Edwina Reizer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382599" data-title="Regeneration de Edwina Reizer" data-description="The pine needles covered the ground like a carpet and their fragrance was all around. The pinecones scattered here and there punctuated the ground. The firs were thick, stately and tall and had grown for many a year. They grew with the company of ..."></div> </div> </div>

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