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“You cannot bend an Oak Tree”

you start with the saplings

and i weep

i don’t want to be left behind

i need the new system

i don't want to be reaching

for the heavens alone

i want to listen to the voices

of those around me

bring my ears closer to

their sweet music

if i cannot be bent

then turn me into a stump

i will give all I can

the arc of time

bends towards justice

maybe the tree of time

with all its branches

gives of itself towards

community towards Love

do not think this unnatural

do not think this a dark ending

giving might be inherent 

to humans from birth