A Tree So Grand

Once there stood a tree so Grand With yellow flowers and confidence, She bent and swayed with each day So eventually I came her way. Her branches grew so very strong Around the small and broken one She guided me through those trees Taking each step so wonderfully The tree so strong stood watching me grow spiritually Then somehow withered woefully I did not notice her go away, Unaware of her despair, I marched Onwards Without warning,she became tangled with vines, so painfully Now I see the tree you used to be You were so strong and we did belong But now you’re gone, oh! What went wrong? That tree is my mother I followed so close And God made her strong and we did belong To someone so wonderful, but someone else could see The happiness that came to me, so he took her away from me! Though one branch hangs uncomfortably My tree tries to grow stubbly While God lifts my head brisk fully I know in my heart, me and my family Will go on serving him faithfully But deep in my heart I can’t help but see The pain of loosing that one, once, Grand tree.