Blue Spruce
How do you grow?
The harsh land is so hard to know.
With roots digging ever so deep,
into rock and the dry earth beneath.
Blue Spruce
the heat follows you far into the ground
where little water is found.
The howling wind blows harshly over the land above
twisting your trunk
in a world,
seemingly,
without any love.
Blue Spruce
It is just so curious how you manage grow.
Yet, your dignity is not hard to know.
Pride and ego never getting in your way,
Self-assured,
Forever your blue-green needles stay.
May you live on for years and years
as the earth loves and holds you ever so dear.
By Rae Ronquillo ©
Photo by Palmer Parks, Infrared HDR
Colorado Springs
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