"...memories more than a tree..."

Memories more than a tree

We plant trees in memory

Those we love live on

Trees planted in memory are far more than trees alone

You can hear their voices and laughter at the tree,

Encouragement and smiles and quiet appreciation too

Leaves lay at our feet now, regrets, "unthink a thought, unthink a word or choice" Love needs to surface instead, 

"One eye on regretless eternity" *

“…we are all connected, watching one another, even the trees” **

Generations that follow sit under the trees

Oblivious to the history, the memories

Laughter, eating, professor and class review, fine times over and over

“To be there for somebody and somebody there for you is wonderful”

Spring and fall the same, blossoms and falling leaves, branching high and vigorous lives, 

Roots run deep but rarely seen

Blossoms in spring

colorful banners in fall

We have seen the seasons change

Year after year but it doesn’t register, this breath of life, daunting pace

A tree planted three decades ago for the willow that once grew

Another wedding day, family time, wake, and passage of time

Now stands alight on the street in autumn flair

So many days bright in our life we say things like;

“What a beautiful day!” and “What a day this was!”

Today the sky is an ocean and trees are on fire with light

Today, yellow, enthusiastic woods

Yellow against the bluest sky

God surely lifts up and made this day,

Imagine that, as we look up

“He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.” ***

Vigorous blooming and peaceful rest as we cheer and toast the day

"Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.****

Memories, more than a tree,

Glimpse poetry by Joe Holuta

*  Paul David Tripp, Lost in The Middle- Midlife and The Grace of God

** Arthur Miller, Timebends: A Life

*** Ps.113.6 NET

**** Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet and novelist, Rabindranath Tagore

Oak grove memorial trees

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