Two Trees

Two seeds sown at a little distance from each other. Compared to the seed's dimensions the expanse between them is too vast to reckon. But then they sprout and start spreading their roots, the distance all of a sudden seems much lesser. They share the same soil the same water and grow together, but still they are apart. 

Then the saplings grow into small plants with one’s roots touching the others and one’s branches pushing the other in an attempt to gain larger chunk of the shared space. During windy evenings they even hit and try to snap the other.

Eventually weathering the storms together, reluctantly at first and jointly there after; they grow into mature trees. The distance that seemed infinite at the initial stage, just vanishes. The roots are intertwined. The soil and water are shared without any reason for conflict. The branches above intertwined like the roots supporting the other during storms. The trees face the elements together. Inter dependent, respecting each other's space while all the boundaries having been erased. Helping each other survive and grow. Becoming each other's part.

Supporting each other in rain or shine or storms. Inseparable, the passer by sees the branches and can never tell which belong to what tree. Same with the roots, they stand inseparable, mixed and grown into each other. They are two trees yet survive like one entity. Each one is other's strength and others support. And with that interdependence they grow bigger and stronger. They shelter birds  and squirrels. They develop a whole ecosystem around them. They create a whole world based on their mutual support and interdependence.

And such is the institution of marriage too!!

Less than a month ago completed 14 years with my partner tree, still snapping some leaves sometimes but mostly holding each others branches during the storms.. Growing Stronger together!!!!