Sometimes you just ask for a solution to a problem, but instead of fixing it, they cut it down.
That’s exactly what happened to two trees in our garden.
The story began when the road workers explained how the trees were affecting some of the wires on the posts along the road.
Well… I haven’t grown any trees myself.
I wish I had. Isn’t it such a wonderful deed.
Of course it is.
When we moved into our new house, there were these lovely but enormous trees.
I really loved them, and I did my best to trim their long branches.
Anyway, the workers recently came to fix the problem.
I expected they would cut the long branches, or worse all of them, not the entire creature.
They cut down two big trees.
It was a rainy April day, really rainy, and windy too.
It felt as if the other trees and perhaps the birds as well, were crying after the loss of their friends.
Now the wires are safe.
The light posts are clear.
But the old tree spots look different without the trees.
It feels as if a big secret eye is hanging between the surrounding trees.
Thankfully, the nearby tree is leaning towards that empty space, as if trying to cover the secret eye.
And there’s another small one growing just a step or two away, which will soon block the whole eye.
If you cut down something, perhaps because it’s dangerous, toxic,or simply inconvenient, there will always be other better possibilities.
Some wounds can heal themselves and overcome any emptiness, any secret eye.
May they not cut anymore trees in May.
Oh my… is it already the first of May?
Actually I think we’ve had enough of April this year.
It overstayed its visit.
With garden and trees thoughts,
Nahla
Pure and Simple 