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OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE

OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE:
WEATHERED AND BEAT,BETTER DAYS OF BLOOM AND GREEN, HAVE BEEN KNOWN:
  OLD TREE STANDING, SULKING ALL ALONE;
  AS PEOPLE BUSILY PASS BY, NOT RESPECT IS GIVEN, OR SHOWN:
OLD TREE STANDING, ALL ALONE IN THE COLD WINTER AIR:
HAS SURVIVED, AND THRIVED, MANY A HARSH WINTER STORM, MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN COMPARE:
  OLD TREE STILL STANDING BROKEN, AND TORN:
  SILENTLY, PATIENTLY, AWAITING THE SPRINGTIME SUN, TO FEEL WARM:
OLD TREE STANDING BROKEN AND ALONE:
SOON WILL BLOSSOM WITH SPRING,WITH ITS BEAUTY GENEROUSLY SHOWN:
   THE OLD TREE, STANDING WEATHERED AND WORN:
   HAS ENDURED, MANY A TEAR, MANY A VIOLENT STORM:
THE OLD TREE. HAS ROOTS, DEEP IN THE EARTH:
REALIZE THE DEPTH OF BEAUTY, AND IN ALL THINGS FIND, AND APPRECIATE ITS WORTH:
   THE OLD TREE, MAY NOT HAVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY, OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOMING, AND ALLURE:
   BUT THE OLD TREE STANDS CONFIDENT, AND SURE,AND THROUGH ALL WEATHER HAS SURVIVED, AND THRIVED FOR SURE:

OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE:
IN ITS WEATHERED BRANCHES, AND TRUNK SO THICK AND STRONG, ITS LIFE LONG STORY IS SHOWN:
OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE:
HAS A NATURAL BEAUTY, ALL ITS OWN:
OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE,IN THE COLD AND RAIN:
HAS ENDURED, OH SO MANY DISAPPOINTMENT, HEARTACHE AND PAIN:
THE OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE:
FOR MANY YEARS, ITS COMMITMENT AND STRENGTH, COURAGE AND RESOLVE, HAS BEEN SHOWN:
OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE:
CONFIDENTLY, STEADILY, SURELY, ABUNDANTLY, HAS FLOURISHED AND BEAUTIFULLY, PROUDLY GROWN:



BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:
17--MAY--2015:


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OLD TREE STANDING ALL ALONE