I sense the loving nature of hand-planting the pear trees as that of a parent loving their children. Although at home, secure in most cases, these children are exposed to the realities of life - both good and bad. Much like the trees, both parents and children must be of a "flexible" nature lest they be broken by the winded beard of life. Some bend and learn, some do not bent and break. We pray that our children will be strong, rooted and allowed to seed their youth into maturity. Although we do not want them dependent on their earthen home.
Enjoyed reading this work.

Thanks,
Chris

Oh yeah! But your poem DOES NOT convey what you want us to know. We are not mind readers. Perhaps you can write up a better version of your poem to reflect what you need us to read into its meaning may be better. Sometimes a good poem and its meaning is lost through bad translation. Cheers!

Sandie

Dear all, please be aware that there is something deeper in the meaning here once we take a good look at what is between the lines of this at first sight innocent lyrics. The element Wood and that of Wind are of the same nature, which is ability for penetration, making Wood the enemy of Earth (a tree piece the ground with its roots). For this reason, most of all Wood hates to find itself under the sponsorship and protection of Earth (the earthen walls, home); hence the so-called ‘self-injury’ scheme is brought into play here; harmfulness, a common phenomenon in many families and other social bodies. Cheers, alex

I'm looking for a parable here rather than a literal story. So far I haven't found any, so this may be what actually happened last night.

Ron

Lively original inspiring expressions- Jk

Pear trees can't take much bullying.

They will survive and prosper.