OH TO BE A TREE!

OH TO BE A TREE

STANDING QUIET AND TALL

IN ELEGANT SIMPLICITY...

TALL AND QUIET AND MAJESTIC

IN A FOREST OF MAGNIFICENT TREES....

BUT A TREE NEVER SO PROUD

AS TO HUMBLE THOSE AROUND ME

AND NEVER SO HUMBLE AS TO BE SHADOWED

UNDER THEIR CANOPY.

N.J. RAGLIONE . JAN 2013