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Corie Feiner's avatar

Ah…. To live and grow and grow older and see…. our past…..

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Breath of Freedom Poetry's avatar

Indeed. How we see it so differently as we age and experience different things.

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Corie Feiner's avatar

I wonder if I could ask a redwood tree how its perspective changes over the years what it would say.

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Breath of Freedom Poetry's avatar

That would be so cool. Sounds like a good thought experiment / poetry prompt if you ask me. I could use a dose of ancient redwood perspective. Maybe she would tell me to rest and honor how I need different things in different seasons ... winter has me so tired, but there's just so much to do.

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Patris's avatar

The nostalgia and melancholy is present, but also the beautiful morning and vista.

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Breath of Freedom Poetry's avatar

Yes, exactly. Beautiful and sad.

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