<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205229990956125496</id><updated>2011-07-08T03:09:21.335-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Black and Blue Widow</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4205229990956125496/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Widow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03839481754709250939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205229990956125496.post-1011492209434492674</id><published>2010-01-08T03:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T02:54:17.540-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Language of the Trees</title><content type='html'>To speak the language of the trees...&lt;br /&gt;To grow our hearts and minds --it is not easy, sometimes,&lt;br /&gt;    when all we wish for in life is simplicity,&lt;br /&gt;to get in touch with our roots &lt;br /&gt;    and learn how we grew our withered branches &lt;br /&gt;        and our fruit.&lt;br /&gt;Sorting through filthy soil can be painful...&lt;br /&gt;    untangling all we know and are&lt;br /&gt;        to find me --we.&lt;br /&gt;But we must acknowledge the nutrients available to us all.&lt;br /&gt;    Some have seen more birds in their tree,&lt;br /&gt;But we can all grow wings&lt;br /&gt;        --Set me free!&lt;br /&gt;The roots of all humanity are all intertwined&lt;br /&gt;    NOT tangled&lt;br /&gt;    NOT trapped or destined&lt;br /&gt;        to see the sun rise and set in the same spots each day.&lt;br /&gt;Break out of your bird cage!&lt;br /&gt;Dig out of your hole!&lt;br /&gt;    We are equipped to speak more than that language.&lt;br /&gt;We speak with lips and limbs,&lt;br /&gt;    with love and life and sharing these experiences.&lt;br /&gt;So EXPERIENCE&lt;br /&gt;    the ground beneath your feet &lt;br /&gt;        and the sky and breaths between&lt;br /&gt;And exchange,&lt;br /&gt;    Effect,&lt;br /&gt;And CHANGE.    LOVE.&lt;br /&gt;    Love to change and change to love but know&lt;br /&gt;and recognize&lt;br /&gt;    that you cannot change other people&lt;br /&gt;        or the world we experience as life's seasons change,&lt;br /&gt;But you can choose to let things and people change you. &lt;br /&gt;    Love you.  Love me.  Love WE.&lt;br /&gt;        and let other people love you.&lt;br /&gt;Others have grown with fewer nutrients in their soil,&lt;br /&gt;    but this cannot be seen as more filth.&lt;br /&gt;Change and choose to not let filth of life effect the fruit on your tree&lt;br /&gt;    Choose      to BE &lt;br /&gt;        here&lt;br /&gt;        now&lt;br /&gt;            within nature and humanity.&lt;br /&gt;Choose to be aware constantly.&lt;br /&gt;    Choose to see the faults that need watering&lt;br /&gt;        but not speak them.&lt;br /&gt;Speak love to grow change,&lt;br /&gt;    speak the language of the trees&lt;br /&gt;        but utilize your ability to act them.&lt;br /&gt;It gets easier...&lt;br /&gt;    to deal with decay,&lt;br /&gt;death, destruction, anger, greed&lt;br /&gt;--the list goes on-- but all of us, as one entity, need&lt;br /&gt;    to realize the necessary shedding of leaves&lt;br /&gt;    to realize the ground beneath our feet&lt;br /&gt;        and the decay of the past that only feeds&lt;br /&gt;            what      we      are      &lt;br /&gt;                and what we need to be.&lt;br /&gt;To be... &lt;br /&gt;    I need love&lt;br /&gt;    I need to give, receive, live, and BE love&lt;br /&gt;        so that      I     can be we.&lt;br /&gt;We are all connected &lt;br /&gt;    --this is not a choice,&lt;br /&gt;but only the self can choose to be truly     &lt;br /&gt;                                                FREE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;3 Widow&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4205229990956125496-1011492209434492674?l=blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com/feeds/1011492209434492674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com/2010/01/language-of-trees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4205229990956125496/posts/default/1011492209434492674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4205229990956125496/posts/default/1011492209434492674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackandbluewidow.blogspot.com/2010/01/language-of-trees.html' title='The Language of the Trees'/><author><name>Widow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03839481754709250939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
