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    Trees
    Trees
    Trees
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    Trees

    By Top Writers Block

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    Seven short stories about trees. There is nothing ordinary about any of them.
    Enjoy reading them during a coffee break or when you have a spare five minutes.
    The authors' proceeds go directly to Sea Shepherd, a charity who devotes itself to protecting our oceans and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateFeb 1, 2015
    ISBN9781311013187
    Trees
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror.

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      Book preview

      Trees - Top Writers Block

      Collection of Short Stories

      by

      Top Writers Block

      Trees

      Copyright©Jan. 2015 Top Writers Block

      Published on Smashwords

      ISBN: 9781311013187

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      http://suzystewartdubotbooks.weebly.com

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      Credits

      Cover Design : Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Photo : George Hodan Public Domain Pictures – http://goo.gl/r0FTx3

      Table of Contents

      Spirit Tree by Tracey Howard

      Only the Trees Remain by Melissa A. Szydlek

      The Invisible Ones by David H. Keith

      Cedar, Beech and Lime by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      The Woods by Barnaby Wilde

      Queen of the Woods by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      Trees and Dreams by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Spirit Tree

      by

      Tracey Howard

      ©2014 Tracey Howard

      Tracey is a stay at home wife and mother who has lived all over the United States. She is currently living in northern Indiana with her husband of nearly twenty years, their 15 year old daughter and two hairballs of the canine variety.

      She is an avid reader with an insatiable appetite, surpassed only by her child, to whom she has passed on the reader trait.

      She is a self-taught amateur shutterbug and although she has been writing for the majority of her adult life, she only recently put both words and pictures out there for the world to see.

      Deep below me

      An echoing rhythm

      Nature’s heart beat

      Her spirit fills me

      No man made bed

      Nor broken roots

      Can confine me

      They do not limit me

      Family comes to visit

      People from all walks

      Some old, some young

      Lay their hands upon me

      Until my once rough skin

      Is smoothed and polished

      Though I’ve no ears

      I hear them talk to me

      Telling me their dreams

      Their visions, their hopes

      Their worries and joys

      Secrets small and large

      Leaving their worst

      And their best

      With me to carry

      Binding us for an eternity

      I hold their truths

      A silent keeper

      A limitless vault

      A labor of love

      Their tears nourish me

      Divine rain

      Soaking into my very heart

      Renewing me

      So that I can carry on

      Keeping secrets safe

      Their words flow over me

      Sometimes a flood

      Sometimes a trickle

      Others a small stream

      Images painted in words

      Giving colors, bright and vivid

      Shining like the sun

      To these old, blind eyes

      Showing me pieces of the world

      That only they have seen

      Though I’ve no arms

      To reach out and pull them in

      I embrace all who come

      Hold their spirit safe

      Nurtured at my deepest roots

      Shared with mother nature

      Her love healing

      Her spirit multiplying

      Giving all so that I can continue

      Giving back full measure

      Of all given in trust to me

      Closing their eyes

      They open their hearts

      Freeing their minds

      Feeling the strength

      The earth’s spirit shared

      Healing wounds soul deep

      They present small gifts

      Draping my bare branches

      Tokens left behind

      Shared gratitude

      Adornments more beautiful

      More precious

      Than any former leaf or flower

      Pieces of their history

      Now shared with me

      Granting me dreams

      Light filled visions

      During the dark nights

      It’s been so long

      Since anyone last came

      My roots are dried up

      My skin rough and cold

      I hold tight to my memories

      I revisit the old stories

      And dream the old dreams

      Not as vivid now

      The colors are faded

      The details blurred

      The days darker

      The nights longer

      My world grows smaller

      Each passing season

      A new day is dawning

      The rising of the summer sun

      Warming me with its rays

      A new spirit touches me

      Burning away the cold

      Heating my core

      Tiny hands like new growth

      Bright, shining

      Sparkling with life

      Filling me with wonder

      As new spirit touches old

      Childhood fantasies shared

      Small voice whispers a new story

      A new dream emerging

      Wrapped in dancing colors

      Moving to a new song

      Adding notes and steps

      To the stories I already keep

      Rebirth and growth

      Filling my spirit again

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