Page 19 - The Infinite Significance of Trees

Restoration

Because no one else could do it, God…went to the
greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This

infinite distance between God and God, this supreme
tearing apart, this agony beyond all others, this marvel of
love, is the crucifixion.
Simone Weil

The tree stands

in a balanced state

Its fruit

(enclosing our pain)

provides protection

Your action

echoes the primal transgression.

Stretching,
you break the stem,

a fragile boundary
between doubt and trust.

Now suffering

– like bindweed –
trails through time,