The Lonely Tree

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    The Lonely Tree

    The Lonely Tree
    MeLanie Larragoitiy
    PandoraSage
    5-4-09




    ...AND ALL THAT IS
    IT SEEMS
    IT SEEMS
    I STAND BESIDE
    THE LONELY TREE
    AND CLIMB ALONG
    IT'S ONLY BRANCH
    AND SIT AND SWAY
    ABOVE THE GROUND
    BUT THEN IT CAME
    A SILENT WIND
    THAT BLEW ME DOWN
    TO CLIMB UP AGAIN
    I SAT
    AND LOOKED
    ACROSS THE LAND
    THEN CLIMBED
    BACK DOWN
    AND SAT THERE
    UPON ON THE GROUND
    I FELL ASLEEP
    AND IT DID SEEM
    THE LONELY TREE
    DID STAY WITH ME
    BESIDES IT'S ROOTS
    I YAWNED AND WOKE
    THE LONELY TREE
    IT'S BRANCH
    IT BROKE
    AND COVERED ME
    THERE WHERE I SLEPT
    AND AS I STOOD
    I DID
    I WEPT
    AND ASKED IT WHY
    OH BUT YOU SEE
    YOU DID NOT LEAVE
    YOU STAYED WITH ME
    AND AS YOU SLEPT
    I SAW YOU SHIVER
    IT WAS ONLY MY LEAVES
    I HAD TO DELIVER
    BUT STILL I WANTED
    TO HOLD YOU NEAR
    BUT WHEN I REACHED FOR YOU
    I BROKE I FEAR
    SO THEN IT WAS ALL
    THAT I COULD GIVE
    YOU MADE IT WORTH
    THE TIME I'VE LIVED
    AND THERE WE SAT
    THE TREE AND I
    AND WHEN
    IT TOLD ME
    NOT TO CRY
    MY HEART
    DID BEAT
    AND STILL
    ASK WHY
    .
    .
    .

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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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