Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The Burning Tree



There was a tree
In the old town
It bloomed in the spring
Before it burned down

There were few who knew
What caused it to fume

The tree of Old Town
Started life small
But as it grew older
It became tall

The tree would shake
From the wind
Whose strength made the tree
Feel like it was skinned

The tree was made weaker
So life looked bleaker
Yet all its fellow trees
Seemed to avoid its needs

The tree grew sad
For no friends it had
So when life got bad
It became nothing but mad

It was hollow inside
Because of the feelings to hide
There was no guide
To help it to speak its mind

So the anger just grew
Till it started to fume

The fire just spread
Like butter on bread
Till the tree
Was nothing but dead

It seems to me
That not all is free
As I think of this tree
That now is debris




(c) 2019 Tanner Stevenson

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