BRISTLE CONE PINE TREE

 

                        BRISTLE CONE PINE TREE

Bristle cone pine tree in  white mountains  of California forest

Nearly 5000 years old , among the trees of world  the oldest 

Named Methuselah by Schulman , Dendochronologist

Bristle cones, extremophiles, slow growing withstanding hostile conditions

 With standing Cold conditions, extreme temperatures.harsh winds, dry soils

Roots feed in sectored ways, one root drying causing partial death, rest grows

Oldest living tree in Nevada Californian border

METHUSELAH TREE

Oh tree you have withstood climate changes that affect your longevity

You have fortunately saved yourself from poachers plenty

Oh you area tree when Jesus was holding lambs to His fold

You were already three thousand years  old

You can only laugh at the historians writing on times

A man is happy when he sights thousand full moons and new moons

That is the time he turns eighty, worldly wise

You have sighted more than 60 000 and more such sightings

Be happy and preach mankind how to live in hostile weather of cruel wars

May you be a symbol of eternity

KSV SESHADRI