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"The Riddle of the Trees"

~ The Poetry Series By Fritzwilliam

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“The Riddle of the Trees”

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Fritzwilliam

How many trees make a forest?

Where a shaft of golden sunlight streams

Past leafy greens

And viny jade

Toward a tiny glade,

There to fall upon moss, mushrooms

And the fiery blooms

Of the wild Tiger Lily.

How many trees make a forest?

Where lingering in a petite meadow-glen

Silvery moonglow

Floats above the mist,

As dewdrop kisses

Bid welcome to the dawn

And to a land reborn

With the buzz and hum of life.

How many trees make a forest?

Where in the glen a cabin stands,

As with his hands

Was the clearing made,

Where with wife and child did he stay

Before heeding the call,

Tho it's the young who do fall

In the clashes of old men.

How many trees make a forest?

Where the autumn leaf being shed for seasons

Has no need to reason

Why a clearing went to brambles, or

Why a cabin is in shambles.

Seek not to solve the riddle of the trees

While on the breeze is yet unanswered,

'How many dead make a war'?

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