Helen Laray- The Oak Tree
Then snapped it's boughs and pulled it's bark until the oak stood tired and stark
But still the oak tree stood it's ground while other trees fell all around
The weary windgave up and spoke - How can you still be standing, oak
The oak tree said- I know that you can break each branch of mine in two carry every leaf away shake my limbs and make me sway
But I have roots stretched in this earth growing stronger since my birth
You will never touch them you see for their the deepest part of me
Until today I wasn't sure of just how much I could endure
But now I've found
With thanks to you
I am stronger than I ever knew.
Kim Jacqueline Klardie. 2015