July 22, 2010

The Other Side


A place so far away - I am,
Yet not a place at all;

Where all the good things grow - indeed,
My trees are thick and tall.

People will work hard to reach
the land where I do lay,
But when they come here they look at 
Each other in dismay:

"This is not what I thought
Or wished I'd ever see;
The land I worked so hard to reach
Yet lies beyonder me.

Look at how despicable
Is all the greenery,
The land of trees - thick and tall
Is where I want to be."

So off they go now to a land
No better than my own;
But listen friend, there is one thing
I wish they would have known:

"Do gaze at my very trees 
While on the ground you lie,
And even lowliest of leaves
Will always touch the sky."
     

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