Above the tree line, normally <br /> you do not find a single tree <br />But now and then a sapling grows <br /> it knows no better I suppose. <br />Accidentally taken root, <br />the tender shoot adapts to suit. <br />the lack of soil and nutriments <br /> It will defy the elements. <br />Gnarled and twisted by the wind <br /> which stunts its growth it will still find <br />the will to live: Refuse to die. <br />It does not think to question why. <br />It grows because that’s what trees do, <br /> because its instincts tell it to <br />So learn a lesson from its stance; <br /> no matter what your circumstance <br />You too can overcome the odds <br /> high stacked against you by the Gods <br /> If like the tree you just insist <br /> you have the right to grow: Persist. <br /> <br />6-Jun-07 <br /> <br />poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/insist/
