Still Grows

This tree is amazing to see up close. the roots are worn and weathered, in some spots the dirt has washed away so much you can crawl between the roots and the ground. This tree has been pissed on, been through frosts and rain, been carved into, thirsty in dry summer heat and so many other things- but it keeps growing. It keeps coming back year after year, more beautiful, more grown and more determined to keep returning. To hold its claim in the world, however small its space may be. I want to be this tree, regardless of what the world throws my way, I want to stand up and make people stop like I did that day and appreciate the awe and amazement of the strength and determination one living thing can see in another.