magnificent birch tree

[keithalanhamilton]

magnificent birch tree, you stand
before me in splendor supreme
white in purity, yet living in struggle
as an example to all who gaze upon you
you exist amid the fight to be, regardless
no matter the obstacle laid before you
standing tall and tolerant, cooperatively
co-existing with all else, even with change
you are my mentor, my symbol of hope
life will go on in the face of disorder
your steadfastness reassures a future
a hope of the possibility to overcome