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Majestic Stumps

April 15, 2015
By omicron GOLD, East Brunswick, New Jersey
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The wet dew grass coils around my ankles,
the fog sets over my eyes,
and the grey granite mountains’
mournful song
wafts through the haze,
into my ears.

I sit at the base of the mountain,
gazing at the green-tipped trees
cast over the rock
like a drab curtain,
shielding tears.

What are you hiding?
What was once majestic, towering,
is now a sad stump,
weighed down to Earth
by slumbering sadness,
old soil and
forlorn trees.

© Cassie H., Carmi, IL

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