I Climbed a Tree Today (poem) by Edmond P. De Rousse on AuthorsDen

I Climbed a Tree Today
by Edmond P. De Rousse → (All Poetry by Edmond P. De Rousse)
Sunday, February 21, 2021 Rated "G" by the Author.

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A challenge was issued to Grandchildren to climb a tree with Grandpa.

I am blessed to be of good health Ability still I do possess To do the things of bygone days Nearly seven decades have come to pass. It was the 1^st of March in Southern Illinois. Beautiful, Sunny, and 75 degrees. Grand Kids came for a visit, you see. And I climbed a tree today. We played outdoors. The tree was there! They had never climbed a tree before. And I got tempted! “What a shame”, I thought! So, I challenged them to climb. The challenge was accepted. Their way I helped them find. They got stuck. I got warned! They laughed and grunted. And I got reminded. Sixty years it’s been, Since last I climbed a tree. I climbed it anyway. And I thought, “O! What fun this is!” Ascending a tree I still can do. Tomorrow, though, a chiropractor I may see? But still, I climbed a tree today

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on February 22, 2021

So many are not in good health and can no longer do the things they thought they would always be able to do as they lived lives burning the candle on both ends.

So it is delightful that you are able both to impress and to teach your grandchildren how to enjoy climbing into the height of the tree to get a better view all around. I so miss it, unable to climb at an early age as a result of paralysis and misspent health. I am still healthy and can imagine those times I climbed small trees to the top and then when they begin to sag, rode them all the way down to ground level, got off, and let them whip back in shape like a giant catapult.

Ron