Darren J Mcmurray Poet Free verse

I Never Saw a Tree

I never saw a tree
To shed a tear of despair
Nor one to whisper into the night 
Never once to speak unto a crowd
Of the many deceptions of government.
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   I never saw a tree
To put the wisdom of hatred in the air
To turn a man against a man
Nor remove a punished man's dream
A fallen child of society.
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   I never saw a tree
To question the right within the wrong
As Man expands the grasp
To flatten the brethren woods
The intoxicating death through greed.
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   And once, I saw a tree
Standing in the flames
Watching as our nation burned
Slowly from within
The deception within the lies.
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   I never saw a tree
To wipe a nation clean
Sending humans to the grave
Extinguishing a source of life
A tree would need to breathe.
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   I never saw a tree
Whispering unto a child
Lies
To fill a mind with forced illusion
Governmental hypocrisy.
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   I never saw a tree
To charge me for the view
Nor to spread the false laced truths
To keep a people weak
Nor exalt itself unto another tree.
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   And once, I saw a tree
Swayed by Autumn breeze
It shared with me the importance of life
The reason to torch the lie
As death became the leaves,
  As death became the leaves.
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By: Darren J McMurray
       October 28, 2009

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Carol Sunshine Brown November 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM Thank you for sharing your fasinating writing with us Darren. May this weekend find you in good health and your pen be overflowing with inspiration. Love, Carol