Eulogy At Midnight <br />Date: December 1,2011 <br /> <br />Night songs whisper through the air <br />Wind ghosts comb her twisted hair <br />With time bent back and furrowed brow <br />Love vows carved upon her bough <br /> <br />A hundred years of age to show <br />A splendid sight come rain or snow <br />With roots entwined beneath the sod <br />Her arms held high, in praise to God <br /> <br />Moonbeams gloss her rugged skin <br />She mourns the loss of youth and kin <br />Across the valleys, timbers fall <br />Making way for human sprawl <br /> <br />Yesterday majestic, tomorrow bleak <br />Nothing more to hide or seek <br />Assailed by winds of seasons past <br />Her final days loom cold and vast <br /> <br />A sodden veil spreads neath her feet <br />Time stands still, the silence fleet <br />No more in pride she staunchly stands <br />She bends to pled the grace of man <br /> <br /> <br />When morning sun glints the east <br />She’ll be condemned, beyond release <br />A priceless treasure raped by greed <br />The insatiable heart of man to feed <br /> <br />One last stand beneath her girth <br />To pray for man, to pray for earth <br />Why can’t we see beyond our lust <br />And lift our hearts to God in trust <br /> <br />Twisted, torn and thrown as waste <br />Her healthy hearth slain in haste <br />No man pays heed to hear her sighs <br />Or lends an ear as nature cries <br /> <br /> <br />********************************************* <br />Copyright © 2011 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved<br /><br />Leria Hawkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eulogy-at-midnight/
