Excellent analogy jadi. Sadly, I'm afraid it's our nature not to be like the rest of nature, as I follow the madness and path to armageddon half a world away.

timely poem, jadi! with the current state of the world, i would feel the same way sitting under that tree. thank you for this peaceful moment, i will revisit often. a PK

Oh, that we were like the trees. Beautifully formed work.

Nice, contemplative poem. Nicely done.

If mankind were a tree it would have incinerated long ago, we are disgusting creatures......... Great piece.

this is beautiful, jadi...first and second stanzas compliment each other nicely...thought provoking, a pleasure, jewels

Reminds me of a picture I saw recently while doing some research of a young hindu or buddhist meditating in the folds of some huge tree (which may be the same type). In any case, sad how we have become so selfish and self-centered. How expertly you have conveyed here how things should be. An excellent lesson so well depicted. Bravo!

"no leaves fighting for the shade," that's a summation of your message, huh? the peace and beauty of these words has left me with a sense of calm and hope...thanks :)

Not very far. Nature doesn't have any faith in its creation. The roots never levitate.

I thought for sure I've been in here, and came through to visit again. (Must have been unlogged in :/ )

This stays and stays and stays with me, J.D. Just a marvel to read it. Many layers (branches?) brush against me, and I am so glad to find this being read and thought about by us - the Patheticans.
tré biénissimo!

Oh, and this is just powerful in its message placed quietly and simply. Thank you for my new favorite fave. mwah!

There's a wondefully subtle clarity I like here. Zen-like and peaceful amid the turmoil. Enjoyed this, jadi. Thanks.

How I wish we all could be at peace... and sit under the Bodhi Tree.

Your poem simply and beautifully describes the consciousness of the tree. Would that we could match its peace.

Ah, if only the world could live this way everywhere. Beautiful, zen-like and so calming.

Well, some of nature anyway! I think of Katrina! Indeed, if we could only live and let live which is what the poem says to me.

Yeah, none of the leaves seem to want to go to California; every one content in its own space. The way mankind has strayed he is lucky there are any leaves left on the Bodhi Tree.

this one speaks to me of meditation... deep and profound..;-)

absolute peace is a nice thought, however man will never know it, we should envy the tree, two thumbs jd -pt

hooray for the ode to the Bodhi Tree!

The stillness of this has really moved me. The poem has that intentional quieting, I feel, and the leaves who themselves make shade, receiving shade themselves, and without competition for it, is quite a concept, even as we also sit in that shade, and see.

Very relaxing to sit in the shade of a tree and contemplate the state of just being. But then a tick crawls up my leg. Somehow I don't think it would affect the tree at all, as the tick offers it no harm but I guarantee it will get my aggressive attentions.

Perhaps you sit under the Bodhi tree to write your wisdom! This is Love your Pathetic Neighbor Day (Aaron Michael). Hi neighbor!

Hi jadi. I was reviewing your poems, most of which I have read and commented on, but I came across this one and the second line caught my attention. Being an old man but a young student of Buddhism, I read your poem with different eyes this time. I like the title, for it describes what I am experiencing. It is surprising really that I should be putting down more roots or that my roots are spreading out in new directions in my later years. But in my research I came across an interesting piece of information - that the Bodhi can take 3000 years to fully mature. That gives me a good metaphor for what is happening in me. The last two lines of your poem are a good lesson for me to take into this day. Thanks again, my friend.

What else could there be to say except that it's beautiful? So glad I got to read this tonight.