STROLL OF LIFE

Inspiration:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01canadaday.html?th&emc=th

tribute to homeland...

And I miss Winnipeg’s winters, which any Winnipegger will tell you is ridiculous. Nonetheless, I miss the winter sun on snow and ice, the blue sky too cold for a scrap of cloud, and clear air like a healing draft so strong that too much will kill you. Walking in such weather is necessarily walking meditation, every breath sears with cold, every footfall in the snow crunches and squeaks.

[The most frequently occurring theory of classical elements, held by the Hindu, Japanese, and Greek systems of thought, is that there are five elements, namely Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and a fifth element known variously as space, Idea, Void "quintessence" or Aether (the term "quintessence" derives from "quint" meaning "fifth").
-from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element
Each one of the description in the poem refers to the blossoming of the following trees:
1. Delonix regia
2. PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM - COPPER POD TREE]


STROLL OF LIFE

[Water]
As I stroll ...
The rain of yellow dew
my mother tree showers on me.


[Air]
As I stroll ...
with little leafs of flowers red
the swaying winds bring to me.

[Fire]
As I stroll ...
the orange glow of petals strewn
stir a dancing fire within my heart ...

[Earth]
As I stroll ...
for its true love made, for you and me
from deep within nature's soul ...

[Space - or Idea of life]
As I stroll ...