Lady of the Trees Biography

I was a sapling once
with my whole life ahead of me.
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Under the pine tree we did play,
sister and sister, sharing sunny days,
unmindful of any world but our own.
It was a young world
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It is not yet spring.

The birds return and build their nests,
the sun lingers long in the sky,
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Tiny rootlets burrow down,
Seedlings spring forth glory-bound,
Jewels set in Nature's crown.
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Old tree stump,
your life long gone,
yet new life sprouts
from your head -
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