Old Tree

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Poetry/Concrete/Old Tree
Copyright Protected, ID 08-1570-731-14
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France

Written, August 14, 2023
For the International Contest, No. 1236 New Poems Only
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 08/15/2023

Sixth Place

* I am a tree in a green forest and I have lived a very long time, and am not pretty my branches are quite twisted with roots now are out of the earth I guess that you could say I am ancient but, I am strong and home to many birds a cool river flows past me and it feels lovely I do not worry about old age as I am tranquility and serenity, and the winds whisper for me a sweet songs like a violin echoing in the forest, quiet you must listen I gave this life my soul my heart and if I should fall tomorrow I will have no regrets at all for I enjoyed each moment from just a seed to a sapling then, a young tree and each year I grew and grew bigger now, I am so old, ancient, not as strong in limb but wise

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