***%) An old tree grows outside an old man’s house
September 10th, 2013
| Categories: aging, ephemeral & beyond, flora & fauna, neighborhood, short & sweet, top ranked
Saplings needn’t travel the world
they grew in place & peace
while men in youth’s folly whirled
in impatient caprice
Tree and man now old, flagging:
while thick foliage, man’s hair thin
Both bent & sorely sagging
tree still a tree, man mere has-been
Do tell why pursue & rush around
when at perfect peace in our own ground?
edited 08/04/24 1620
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