Trees
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Seven short stories about trees. There is nothing ordinary about any of them.
Enjoy reading them during a coffee break or when you have a spare five minutes.
The authors' proceeds go directly to Sea Shepherd, a charity who devotes itself to protecting our oceans and the life within.
Top Writers Block
Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!
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Trees - Top Writers Block
Collection of Short Stories
by
Top Writers Block
Trees
Copyright©Jan. 2015 Top Writers Block
Published on Smashwords
ISBN: 9781311013187
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Cover Design : Suzy Stewart Dubot
Photo : George Hodan Public Domain Pictures – http://goo.gl/r0FTx3
Table of Contents
Spirit Tree by Tracey Howard
Only the Trees Remain by Melissa A. Szydlek
The Invisible Ones by David H. Keith
Cedar, Beech and Lime by Suzy Stewart Dubot
The Woods by Barnaby Wilde
Queen of the Woods by Elizabeth Rowan Keith
Trees and Dreams by Suzy Stewart Dubot
Spirit Tree
by
Tracey Howard
©2014 Tracey Howard
Tracey is a stay at home wife and mother who has lived all over the United States. She is currently living in northern Indiana with her husband of nearly twenty years, their 15 year old daughter and two hairballs of the canine variety.
She is an avid reader with an insatiable appetite, surpassed only by her child, to whom she has passed on the reader trait.
She is a self-taught amateur shutterbug and although she has been writing for the majority of her adult life, she only recently put both words and pictures out there for the world to see.
Deep below me
An echoing rhythm
Nature’s heart beat
Her spirit fills me
No man made bed
Nor broken roots
Can confine me
They do not limit me
Family comes to visit
People from all walks
Some old, some young
Lay their hands upon me
Until my once rough skin
Is smoothed and polished
Though I’ve no ears
I hear them talk to me
Telling me their dreams
Their visions, their hopes
Their worries and joys
Secrets small and large
Leaving their worst
And their best
With me to carry
Binding us for an eternity
I hold their truths
A silent keeper
A limitless vault
A labor of love
Their tears nourish me
Divine rain
Soaking into my very heart
Renewing me
So that I can carry on
Keeping secrets safe
Their words flow over me
Sometimes a flood
Sometimes a trickle
Others a small stream
Images painted in words
Giving colors, bright and vivid
Shining like the sun
To these old, blind eyes
Showing me pieces of the world
That only they have seen
Though I’ve no arms
To reach out and pull them in
I embrace all who come
Hold their spirit safe
Nurtured at my deepest roots
Shared with mother nature
Her love healing
Her spirit multiplying
Giving all so that I can continue
Giving back full measure
Of all given in trust to me
Closing their eyes
They open their hearts
Freeing their minds
Feeling the strength
The earth’s spirit shared
Healing wounds soul deep
They present small gifts
Draping my bare branches
Tokens left behind
Shared gratitude
Adornments more beautiful
More precious
Than any former leaf or flower
Pieces of their history
Now shared with me
Granting me dreams
Light filled visions
During the dark nights
It’s been so long
Since anyone last came
My roots are dried up
My skin rough and cold
I hold tight to my memories
I revisit the old stories
And dream the old dreams
Not as vivid now
The colors are faded
The details blurred
The days darker
The nights longer
My world grows smaller
Each passing season
A new day is dawning
The rising of the summer sun
Warming me with its rays
A new spirit touches me
Burning away the cold
Heating my core
Tiny hands like new growth
Bright, shining
Sparkling with life
Filling me with wonder
As new spirit touches old
Childhood fantasies shared
Small voice whispers a new story
A new dream emerging
Wrapped in dancing colors
Moving to a new song
Adding notes and steps
To the stories I already keep
Rebirth and growth
Filling my spirit again