We watched in goulish fascination <br />As our mighty friends were felled <br />One by one, their majestry erased <br />As they came crashing to the ground. <br />We grieve <br /> <br />They truly were our friends, providing <br />Shelter from the icy blasts of winter <br />Coolly filtering the searing rays <br />Of summer's sun. <br />We grieve <br /> <br />We'd found a perfect haven in their woods <br />From all the noise. <br /> <br />What price this barefaced beauty?<br /><br />Suzanne Ouimet<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/requiem-for-the-trees/
