John Stetson Poet Couplet

The Family Tree 'Make the Harvest Worthy'

It's shade not of night,
It's a rest from the flight

A poem more holy than any from page
A play with more grace than what makes the stage

More reverence there than buttress can bring
From the ground to the arch, apart from the wing

More grandeur than even more lofty a spire
More solid in nature than we can conspire

Giving shade through the day and rest through the night
For all who have need to retire from flight

It's a loss, there's no doubt
Whether storm, ice, or drought

Cellular, cellulose, wearing a crown
Grown all the way up… to only come down

When it's time to leave the sky to the wind
The leaves and the branches no longer to bend

Thence came the life that gave life to the lyre
That would raise up a canopy meant to inspire

More than a point, or a joint, or an arch
The oak and the elm, the maple and larch

Are reduced, as all things which sprang from the dust
To the fruit we produce to provide what we must

When it's time to be borne on the shoulder it's best
To have taken a stand between restless and rest

What we leave's what we're made of, leaf, branch, or tome
Make the most of your time, for we all join the loam

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