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An ode to the tree, that welcomes me, to this beautiful Cemetery.
Just inside the entrance gate, there you stand majestic and great, you welcome all comers, the burdens innate.
Your branches beckon like open arms, offering a place of rest for souls suffering great harms, witnessing each burial, whether gents or marms.
Your regal trunk betrays the burdens you bear, each soul entrusted, received with great care, the rawest emotions, before you laid bare.
You've welcomed many lives, whether husbands or wives, all inscribed in your trunks archives.
Your shadow protects, from babies to soldiers of yore, their safe haven now from illness and war,
a final resting place worthy of lore.
Thank you dear tree for touching my heart, for letting me play a tiny part, in this humble place of life's final art.
Gratefully,
John Mckusick

CaliforniaPeggy
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JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)SheltieLover
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JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)Not a huge exactly but I place my hand on it and give thanks coming and going.
Even Cuddles goes right up to it and lays down.
SheltieLover
(65,626 posts)There is a reason they call us tree huggers.
JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)I will next time I go SheltieLover. Promise.
SheltieLover
(65,626 posts)Let me know what you think. Must hold hug long enough to feel the love of the tree.
JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)No phony stuff
SheltieLover
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LoisB
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(1,674 posts)debm55
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JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)Dorothy V
(270 posts)Birds and squirrels make their homes in it, it gives life to all sorts of little creatures.
A landscape without a tree is just pitiful to me.
JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)sestina
(202 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 29, 2025, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)
I enjoy the way you describe the tree as a guardian and witness to all of the sorrow, with the best intention, without complaint. Our world is full of things that we don't always notice, and you noticed and made a beautiful poem.
JMCKUSICK
(1,674 posts)You are exactly right. The tree looks like it bears a burden, a heavy burden but it was built for just that.