Tree Poem by James Meaney

Tree



This wishing tree
Grows in my yard
I tell it my secrets
I tell it my heart
Though it's only a tree
My wishes never became true
Until Lightning struck
& the tree was burned gone
Realizing now that the tree
was wishing against me all along

James Meaney
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Florida, I now live in Ak
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Florida, I now live in Ak
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