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                 Live Oaks

 So sometimes you miss the obvious,

 I was parked out in the middle of the sun

 it was getting pretty hot in that sun…

 then I looked across the street, I saw two live oaks;

underneath those beautiful trees was a welcoming shade.

So I put the car in drive and parked under them.

As I looked up at these lovely trees I saw the hanging Spanish moss;

Someone warned me once about this moss:

“Be careful, there are little red bugs in that moss, they bite!”

I didn’t see any red bugs; I just felt the cool shade…

I was admiring the stately lines of these southern trees.

I realized that for centuries folks in this country have been

enjoying the shade, the lines and the moss of these oaks.

I’m sure they knew about the “little red bugs”.

I began to think; sometimes life has “little red bugs” that bite,

I thought that even though the moss may come with warnings,

I didn’t have to look at these trees with that in mind.

I am going to try each day to look at life that way...

I will look at all the positive, and good things,

that life and live oaks can bring…

 

               ©  Joseph James

                     4/20/18