The Tall Cypress

The tall Cypress trees
that my daddy had planted
years before i was begotten
to me were the tallest in the land

towering in majesty and magnificent
and a glint of blue where the back was..
was peeling off - so tall they were lovely trees
rising majestically to the very heavens themselves

so angry was i at my daddy
when he decided to harvest them for timber
my lovely cypress trees - for to me they were very..
were the very embodiment of strength and invincibility




lewis k nyaga
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Hunjeri Avatar
February 6, 2015 at 5:45 PM
I like it! My dad once planted cypress trees also
Nyaga Avatar
February 7, 2015 at 12:03 AM
thanks njeri... ****lewis
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