Hidden Pond, VA

Joshua Tree

From the Mojave Desert you reach up to the sky 

twisting and turning, multiplying, growing, seeking slowly, 

slowly you set your fragile roots in the arid soil 

to provide support and life

you grow slowly, slowly, 

and your quest becomes a heavy burden 

Oh Joshua tree 

stand strong as the top sways, as your life grows, 

you stretch and stretch with your swords drawn to protect, 

protect yourself, 

but when you bloom, glorious, beautiful, 

you allow life in, life, love, growth, struggle...

But not all survive when your burden becomes too much to bear 

instead of falling you pull out your swords and surrender life 

back to the Earth, the dry, deserted, arid, earth. 

Fragile, strong, growing, searching, loving, slowly, slowly.