The blue is gracefully beautiful
quite stately and well grounded
winds that daily gust and blow
seldom shake this mighty spruce
from its firm grasp of the matter
being strong and broadly rooted
oh to be as nimble and steadfast
when buffeted with challenges
*
rob kistner © 2021
Poetry at: dVerse
* Hope you enjoyed the poem, but as an added arboreal fact — the Douglas Fir has the deeper roots.