How dare they
You were here first
Planted firmly, deep in soil
Casting shadows in the grass
Making rings for each year passed
A hefty price they paid
To bring you in dead
…..or dead
Roped and tied as if you’d run
You’ve stood your ground, oh rooted one
Branches reach toward the sun
One last time
As if begging for mercy
Now I watch your severed limbs
Turn into tiny chips
For pretentious gardens
And meaningless mulch
You may not be missed by those
Who mindlessly maim you
But I will miss you
My friend from over the fence
I will miss your undeniable presence
Your glorious stature
They can only kill you
But I will miss you
mishunderstood 
It breaks my heart to see trees come down.
It was very hard to watch. 😦
It makes me sick to see anyone recklessly cut a tree down that was perfectly fine right where it was.
Yes….it just seems so senseless and selfish. So much life and history ruined. Thanks for reading.
Indeed… 😦
Another piece of nature…..lost.
Sigh😒
Wonderful ode to your dearly departed tree! I feel your pain, my friend! There is so much senseless destruction in the world and all for what? A few more square feet of earth to plough under for farmland or make way for a shopping mall. Without our ancient forests, there would be no family trees, no you or me. Strong piece of writing. Thank you for sharing your story!
I feel the exact same way you do. I am not sure if I made a blog post about it yet, but I am writing a book that has an in depth explanation about my feelings toward this matter. Amazing post. I felt the emotion from it.
Thank you! I did have a lot of emotion from it…mostly just disappointment that some do not appreciate nature the way I do.
I look forward to hearing more about your book. 🙂
So sad…
heartfelt…i really hope it was for more than mulch…but would another house, another store….really replace the life taken?
Sometimes people just take trees away for no reason at all.. and some our neighbors have tried to convince to take down our trees to… There are cases when you have to… but these chopping down of trees often go way to far….
yes, heartfelt….especially if it’s unecesarry and the tree is healthy..sad ..
…so sad a reality… we, people, take too much but give less to our nature… but nature has its own way of giving justice to the ones who sinned against her… a truly affecting write… smiles…
it’s so sad to see those majestic trees being cut down…ugh…makes my heart bleed a bit…
it is always a shame to lose a healthy tree…your poem gives great expression to the anger and grief we can feel over their loss.
I share your pain and anger,
We have to have some trees cut next week, because the neighbour complained they were too big, and threatened to take us to court.
I will have some sad days.
“meaningless mulch” sums it up.
I watched builders cut down a huge amount of trees just to put up a metal fence. Near broke my heart. Great write!
Blindly – or greedily – we are destroying our own ecosystem – a sad affair.
Anna o]
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