The Pine Tree

the tallest I’ve ever seen was in primary towering like a General in the military a haggard expression of pain and disgust the needle like leaves his ooze would discard he seemed so staunch in his camouflage and upright salute the pinecones resembling a grenade assault as curious children do, to climb we were too eager mystery lay hidden somewhere in his evergreen erect figure the teacher would soon be called to the rescue climbing down now an impossible chore some disciplinary action would be enforced he wouldn't even be swaying in the wind this unmoveable force then one day the war would finally be won it took a couple of grades of broken bones and casting stones high up in his clutches where our balls would be stuck he would be uprooted and loaded onto the back of the truck but when he left, the school grounds seemed so empty he had retired after generations serving this country that's why it now felt like such a pyrrhic victory in hindsight, he was truly our sentry 08-23-2015 Contest: Charlotte Jade Puddifoot's Trees Personified