Tree of Hearts
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson
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I’d like to be a tall heart tree,
with branches made to bear –
strong and firm and heavy-laden,
blessed with fruit to spare.
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I’d like to offer nourishment
to all who stand in need
of food and shade and shelter, shaped
from fertile, hope-filled seed.
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Sometimes my leaves are green and bright,
my harvest juicy sweet…
but other times, my leaves are dull,
my bounty incomplete.
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It’s up to me to face the sun
and drink the water clear,
to sink my roots into firm ground
and prosper, year by year.
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If I would be a tall heart tree
with branches made to bear,
then I must tend and nurture well
the earth from which I share.
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Will I be someone the Lord can count on
when He needs an extra pair of hands?
{only if I am willing to offer them}
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If this poem resonates with you, you might also enjoy “Charity is Love,” “What Lack I Yet?” and “No Hands but Ours.”
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