can a tree have stunted growth?
not the kind that stops growing upwards lengthening and towering; and proceeds to grow width-wise with greater coverage over forest floors. is there a possibility that it just doesnt grow anymore?
but yet it doesnt die either?
almost as though it just stops. but it still allows everything else to function and flow through. be it the minerals diffusing from the roots, the water through the xylem tubes through some capillary action and oxygen or carbon dioxide being carried, moving between stomata. is that possible?
maybe it is.
it's the time when the tree doesnt feel any growth or any spurts. it might just stay rooted to the ground; allowing sunshine to glow on its leaves and Nature's processes to carry on constantly, simultaneously and probably involuntarily.
but just not growing.
will this harm the tree?
will the roots just keep growing and lengthening; deepening its grip on the soil particles and tightening around the rocks Mother Earth can offer? extending itself closer and closer to the inner core of the world, which makes it utterly difficult to uproot and remove should a time be necessary to do so like deforestation. or if, there was a test in its strength: floods or mudslides or what not.
maybe that can happen.
i can almost imagine the picture: a stagnant still video shoot with the featured tree right in the centre of the frame. with speeding plant growth, sunshine, rain or clouds and happenings all around that particular protagonist. but yet it doesnt move. not the growth of the tree leaves, not the spread of its foliage.
the pull of gravity and its immense strength that causes all men, objects and items to fall to the ground. like falling rain, a slip of a teacup, an awkward step forward gone wrong.
some things shatter, others break; certain things would defy its strength momentarily by bouncing. some would roll and loll around after it drops.
but even with that certainty that everything would uncontrollably follow this commanding, condescending force of science, there are
some things that we just cant foresee or predict or even allow (whether we want her to or not) nature to take control of.
even if you are trying to run away from that reality.
or simply being irresponsible and childish: to throw the weight of decision to someone else.
Labels: alittlebitoff, insides, ponder
