Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, had a hammer named Mjölnir. Mjölnir was considered a fierce weapon that could level mountains and summon lightning with every blow. In this poetry blog, every Thursday, (Thor’s Day), Mjölnir will forge only song - sing of the mysteries and beauties of the world.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

 THE ALCHEMY OF TREES

Trees make oxygen
from carbon dioxide.

They turn bad into good.
They help to make

the air we breathe
fit to breathe.

I want to do this:
to take what I find

distasteful in the world
and convert it

into something
that sustains us all.

The alchemy of trees…
If I could master their secret

then maybe I’d transmute
my own breath into prayer,

and then pray
unceasingly, as I believe

the trees do
for us–

that we might be
more like them.

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