Slumbering Giant

Slumbering giant,

towering giant,

standing tall, like a proud parent

in your kingdom of green.

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Years pass by like the

rings hidden in your timber,

marking the timeless

rising and falling of the sun.

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Ancient and regal,

you seem to stand alone,

yet rooted deep,

connected to the earth,

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and to the hidden underground

network of the arbors

that look up to you,

in the sea of rolling treetops.

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You are their protector.

Even from a good distance away,

I feel your noble presence,

emanating in the clearing,

blanketing everything that surrounds you.

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I close my eyes,

accepting your peace,

and the deep, silent wisdom

that resonates into my soul.

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You are alive,

more alive than any of us,

swaying in the gentle breeze,

ever watchful and resilient.

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We connect,

in a moment of breath,

for you are the lungs of Gaia,

making it possible for mine to work.

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I honor you.

We are the same, in oneness,

you majestic pillar of eons,

vibrating at a coherent tone of conversation,

that needs no words.

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Because in that moment of awe,

I feel you.

I feel your infinite presence,

I feel your abiding peace,

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I feel your ancient wisdom,

I feel your nobility

and evergreen of acceptance.

I feel your love.

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I find it incomprehensibly,

impossible to ignore you,

shining like a quiet beacon,

a brave sentinel of cycles past.

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Do you feel my deep gratitude?

Slumbering giant,

towering giant.

So funny story, me and a couple of my girlfriends got a little lost on a back road in the country and as we drove down this curvy gravel road. I look over and saw this majestic pillar standing tall amidst it's subjects.

I yelled, "Stop! I need to take a picture."

And being the wonderful, accepting goddesses of my sometimes hippie ways, they stop and wait while I get out of the car and commune with the breathtaking view, and of this beautiful arbor that grabbed my attention. Of course, being a writer, I felt inspired to put what I felt in that moment on the page. So here you are. I hope you can gain a moment of peace through these words and images.

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