TREES

 More of Glensax

Gopher wood had the capacity

To sustain life’s

Capacity for differentness.

“A vine was before me”

Purple with fruit for

Another.

Acacia wood could bear,

Could form unity

And could be borne.

Cypress gave its tone

To the instruments

Made from it.

Fruitfulness was the apple tree

Distinguished among

The trees of the wood.

Excellent as the cedars!

Dignity and stateliness

Amongst the twisted thorns.

What a grand entrance

Was through

The doors of olive-wood.

Was that too inferential for you?

Perhaps various qualities of wood

- Grains, textures, fragrances, strengths -

Interest or enlighten. History too,

Ancient sources and customs, might provoke

Emotions or thoughts. But that is below

My purpose here: as the cup-bearer

Had a vine before him I have a

Man: His qualities, mien, customs.

The grain always straight, the textures

Beyond man’s apprehension, the fragrance

What delighted God, the strength to break

Death’s power, to bear us through. Name

Once again - Man according to God.