<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=481962" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Cedar And Fir Tree Lovers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">During a spring day walk through a primeval rain forest, <br>We encountered on a steep hillside two old growth trees, <br>One a Western Red Cedar the other a Douglas Fir.<br>Incredibly the two giants seemed joined together near ground level.<br>How could this be? <br>After all they were of two different species! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our minds quickly filled with possibilities; <br>Were they just fused for mutual support? <br>Were they some kind of cross breed, <br>If so could they propagate? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We concluded that they were married.<br>“For better or worse, in sickness or in health”<br>Unheard wedding vows save for their tall fellows, <br>Standing silent witness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We imagined their roots beneath ground, <br>Forever entwined in lifelong bliss.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We pondered what might happen when age and disease, <br>Toppled one of these magnificent lovers? <br>Would the other grieve? <br>Would the surviving lover stand witness…<br>As flora and fauna lay claim to the bountiful offering, <br>Of the fallen giant sacrificed to them? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Would the surviving lover wither and die or choose life? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We then realized that diversity, cooperation, and love are<br>Earthly traits celebrated by all living plants and animals.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We left the forest in awe and inspired by, <br>“The Cedar and Fir Tree Lovers”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ROTMS</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ray+Lucero">Ray Lucero</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=481962" data-title="Cedar And Fir Tree Lovers de Ray Lucero" data-description="During a spring day walk through a primeval rain forest, We encountered on a steep hillside two old growth trees, One a Western Red Cedar the other a Douglas Fir. Incredibly the two giants seemed joined together near ground level. How could this..."></div> </div> </div>

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