Idea Of Its Treeness

Idea Of Its Treeness
© Surazeus
2018 10 21

When I am standing in front of the tree,
composed of matter bound in space and time,
I utter sound, expelling breath of air
hissing through teeth and tongue to signify
object of qualities I can perceive,
Tree, which reflects Idea of its Treeness.

When I walk away from existing tree
far enough away my eyes cannot see
its solid thingness on the wind-swept hill,
and sit beside you at the ring of stones,
I look at you and again utter word
Tree, which reflects Idea of its Treeness.

You look at me when you hear me speak word,
and in your eyes is conjured by its sound
image of that tree you yourself saw once,
so just for that moment in flash of time
you see again, solid and real, in space
Tree, which reflects Idea of its Treeness.

Reaching out my hands, I gesture tree shape,
and say, red apples grow large on the tree,
and in your eyes you see red apples grow
from the limbs of the tree on the hill top,
and so we walk together to perceive
Tree, which reflects Idea of its Treeness.