Sunday, May 26, 2013

A Debt of Nature

Lawrence Mack Hall, HSG
mhall46184@aol.com
May, 2013


A Debt of Nature

This pine tree was no aged forest giant,
No storied marker of Texas history;
It looked nothing like a Doric column,
Or a temple sacred to golden Apollo,
Or a cathedral scented with ancient prayers -
Since no cathedral features viscid bark -
Nor yet again a sentinel or spire.
No, it was but a good loblolly pine,
Discreetly failing after long service,
And, taking tendrils of wisteria
Down to a most surprising end for them,
On a quiet day it measured its length
And sighed its completed story to God.

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