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Tree Being Me

July 19, 2018
Tree Being Me

What it must be, to be a tree!

Connecting through the bark: feeling my body
in its trunk; my feet extending into the earth, twined
as roots; my arms extended through the forest canopy
to sway gently as branches in the breeze... and then!
a sense of the tree feeling through me what it is
to be human: branches as arms, waving without wind;
roots as legs, moving of their own accord...  
and I realised, then, a tree can only experience
being human from a viewpoint of a tree.

Mistaking the appearance for the full
experience, it had no true sense of what it is to be me...

...nor I of what it is to be a tree.


Life Light Mockup Tree Be Me 02

A sneak-peek at LifeLight, my book-in-progress.

What It Must Be, To Be A Tree
What It Must Be, To Be A Tree
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