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Open Poetry #33

Death of a Majestic Tree

CastleGuard
Senior Member

since 2003-04-30

Posts 760
Alberta, Canada

0 posted 2004-08-13 05:54 PM

Death of a Majestic Tree

A Jury of my peers
has convicted you:
“Guilty by existence!”
“Death by guillotine!”
— Is the verdict of Man;
But the Jury and the Judge
Have never felt your cooling shade.

And I but stand and watch,
A witness bound to silence;
While inside my world
A lonely child cries.

You release your final breath
And in screaming silence fall
— Not to rest — but to let
A thousand shrieking teeth
Devour your bleeding flesh.

And I stand and watch;
I — a Juror and a Judge,
And inside my world
A lonely child cries.

CG

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

1 posted 2004-08-13 06:54 PM

Yes, I have felt the pain of watching a magnificent tree fall -- truly it can be an emotional experience --

Well said --
Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

2 posted 2004-08-13 11:12 PM

I am reminded of the feeling I had when I read Shel Silversteins, The Giving Tree. I very much like your poem and will carry it to my library. Thanks for the gifting.
miscellanea

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-08-14 04:56 AM

yes...The Giving Tree

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

4 posted 2004-08-15 01:12 AM

CastleGuard, you make a very strong point, very well.

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