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An Old Tree

The tree is bent, 
like a person spent,
dropping at an angle, 
some branches still dangle. 
Do its roots mingle with another? 
Making each other stronger. 
or sharing worldly bother,
like a brother with a brother. 
The old tree has some nest(s), 
can still provide shade for rest. 
In the past, it’s been through many tests, 
tall and leafy-the very best. 
Does it think what will happen? 
A heavy breeze may leave it shaken;
will it be cut and its wood taken, 
but it’s not yet broken. 
An old man walks under an old tree, 
both seem to say-you and me, 
have been around and seen it all, 
good-bad, zeniths and falls. 
Is it time to go? 
We don't yet know.
But when the call comes, 
let us be ready to welcome.