Our Back Yard

Twin poplars over eighty feet
one proud and full of life
Then nature in a twist of fate
crept in one windy night

Nature doesn't pick and choose
it takes what's in its path
The feeble weakling of the two
a victim of its wrath

Laying there upon the ground
thirty feet of tree
Stretched across the fallen leaves 
so very sad to see

With winter coming very soon
I know the joy it'll bring
I slowly cut it into logs
and my heart began to sing

My fireplace will come to life
bringing warmth and bliss
And nature in its twist of fate
will give us happiness.....
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Milliner Avatar
January 15, 2016 at 10:05 AM
Wonder visual, Pete
Yuhas Avatar
January 19, 2016 at 3:58 PM
Thanks Sarita, putting pictures on my FB page this week.
Milliner Avatar
January 15, 2016 at 10:06 AM
I meant to say "Wonderful Visual!"
A  Avatar
January 13, 2016 at 7:04 PM
such a lovely write, sounds like a good place to be in... your heart... SKAT
Yuhas Avatar
January 14, 2016 at 3:36 PM
Thank you SKAT A, appreciated.
Tunick Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 9:52 PM
Love it Pete.
Yuhas Avatar
January 14, 2016 at 3:33 PM
Thanks Howard, nice fire.
Laurie Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 5:32 PM
Hello Pete ... enjoyed the rhyme and flow of your poem and the tale of working with nature - Lindsay
Yuhas Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 7:16 PM
Thank you Lindsay, glad you liked it.
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