I noticed something while I was on my walk today. Passing by the mundane creek, I saw a tree, whose beauty had not just come to be. I hadn't noticed her the thousands of times before. One side of her wild roots were exposed by the flooded creek and its rushing waters. Her intricate system of roots had dug deep, and yet she remained standing strong.
I felt delight and I wanted to stop and stay, but for the other passersby. I thought it was a bit obscene that I was so smitten by her exposed roots. A slight blush touched my cheeks. I will come back to see her.
I have seen roots like this before. But hers I'd never noticed, until this lucky day, when a spark of life touched my heart and a tear came to my eye; I realize something I once knew inside of me that might yet be. Oh, could it be? I was enamored at first sight by her long lean trunk and her thick, deep embedded roots. How many winters had she sustained? How many floods had she withstood?
And with every pain she revealed more of her hidden beauty not less, how bold of her! The elements of nature dared to topple her, and perhaps someday they will, but for now she stands in defiance of that which tried to erode her splendor. I'll come back to see her once more.
Maybe I'll take her picture and I'll share these words with you, as a thank you to her, and the ever so quiet spark of life she helped me find.
I am in love once more! I am in love with all of these things that point to a triumphant King; the fibers, the molecules that bind each living thing. And should she topple sharing her deepest wilderness, she will have lived a mighty life and I will love her all the more.
Come wind or rain, flooding waters, or raging storm, I will plunge the light deeper than ever before.
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