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I Wonder

I wonder how nice it would be
To be a tree
To worry not what your neighbour grows
Nor the brooding wars
The ants wage among your leaves

I wonder how free it would feel
To stand down storms
Harbouring refugees beneath your boughs
And to open your every leaf
Without the fear of one noticing a small blight

I wonder what it would be like
To stand so proud
Whether you’re old and gnarly
Or young and wispy
To stand within your own beauty
Proud to soak up your share of the sun

I wonder what it would feel
To not worry about finding love
To worry not about withering in its absence
Fear the depth of the well of sorrow
And weep in the rain so birds cannot see

Nigh
A tree may not fear wars nor beauty
A tree may feel pride in its strength
And fear the loss of its love:
The water and sun
A tree’s dearest love.

No
All I would gain from becoming a tree
Pride in self
Pride in strength
Fear in love

These things I can find in being human
The pride in self
Being who we are
The pride in strength
Shielding those we ca
The fear in love
Finding the one true love

But what I wouldn’t find as a tree
Is the respect of life

For us
Life is short
Life is not fair
But what I have learned of life
Is Life is much more fair than death
For in death
All life becomes meaningless.

Author notes

its weak, i know but i havent written anything for a while.

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  • sommerregen
    January 21, 2007

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    This is a nice poem with many good thoughts. Do you know that in quite a few cultures there are stories which tell that humans become trees after they have died?

  • Arianna Liadon
    December 30, 2006

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    pretty nice for being weak kk here is the deal....you start writing more and I will too no matter what subject or form the writing takes i like this deal...sounds like a good plan it does!

    as for the poem, lol i like the first part...once you go past the first couple stanza's after that though...i'd have to agree you are getting weaker.

  • mysterydragon
    December 18, 2006

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    on stanza four i think it should be I wonder how it would feel instead of what it would feel.
    love the poem though. as always, its awesome


  • heartwood
    December 11, 2006
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    Wow nice ideas love how it flows

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