Friday, April 17

the wisdom of the cherry tree








offerings to the gods
dotting the slopes of mountains
saplings know the truth


cypress smoke
carries prayers to the gods
ascetic training

at their fleeting peak
trees awash with pink petals
Mount Yoshino knows best


Below the sport of double blossoms on our single flowered cherry tree.
Having said that, I reckon it was a double flowered tree to start with, which in part reverted back to singles.
It was planted before my time here. The tree must be at least 40 years old. These prunus trees are not long-lived. They wither away after about 40 years, and ours is definitely in the withering stage, sadly.











Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem



5 comments:

brudberg said...

I think that we should follow saplings more.. they seek the light and bend to the wind.

Chèvrefeuille said...

Beautiful trio Girl Friday ... awesome photo.

Suzanne said...

Beautiful photos and a profound haiku.

TournesolDansUnJardin said...

Very profound series and those photos are breathtaking, sad they tree nears its end:(

Blog It Or Lose It said...

Beautiful, beautiful --