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Is an end ever truly an ending?
The tree was tired
And found it easier to let go
Than hold on.
The leaves, abandoned, died.
Falling in their thousands
They gathered in drifts,
Blown in the wind,
Settling finally in the rain.
Returning to the soil from whence they came.
The tree, meanwhile, rested.
Until, with Spring, it woke,
Gathered the leaves into it again
And greeted the sun with new vigour,
The leaves gloried in the warmth and light.
And, day by day,
The world turned.
As it should.
Moonhare, I think that you may be right even though it was subconscious! Ha! Ain't poetry great? Even the poet doesn't know what it's about, Lol!
11 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
Is this a metaphor for emotions? By letting go of our old and tired ways we can rest, reflect, gather our strength and reawaken into a new life - and allow the world to turn.
Not done this poetry stuff before but posted some thoughts for the first time today. Maybe you would return the favour.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
What would it be like - to shed our old physical selves and regenerate new parts every spring? It is hard to be a tree - when it is only mental ♥
- DondiLv 71 decade ago
Along the line of Grannyjill's answer, anything made by man can be destroyed, but nothing made by God can be destroyed, only changed into something else.
- neonmanLv 71 decade ago
The tree 'was' tired or 'grew' tired? 'they gathered' or 'gathering'? '? 'Whence'?- old english, some will pick on you! lol
Other than that, what about a title? I go now before you throw you tea pot at me!
- GrannyjillLv 71 decade ago
Nice one....did I read somewhere that nothing ever ceases to exist it simply changes into something else?
- jennyLv 71 decade ago
Family tree, tree of life.
keeps living bearing fruit stands in one spot until...........
I liked your poem.
