<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344535" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my armchair, by the window<br>often I sit down to share<br>my thoughts with my favorite tree.<br>She stands across the street, <br>petite, weeping evergreen<br>when first we met.<br>Now tall and majestic, <br>her graceful sweeping limbs<br>have risen above rooftops<br>hiding distant mountain peaks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My faithful friend, <br>through the seasons she waits for me.<br>With spring breezes she dances<br>adorned in her new dress <br>of delicate green growth.<br>In dog days of summer heat<br>her sweeping skirts provide<br>the cool dark shade where birds nest<br>and fat black squirrels come to hide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When summer fades to autumns coolness<br>and her feathered guests depart<br>she abides, her splendor evergreen<br>until winter arrives.<br>Then misty days in shades of grey<br>replenish her and leave <br>diamonds on her fingertips.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So many moments spent together..<br>dawn, the hush still in the air, <br>noon or tea time, each a treasure.<br>Most precious when there's time to linger, <br>to watch the evening creep upon us<br>and in the dusky twilight to admire, <br>the beauty of her dark silhouette<br>against a fiery sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Still her beauty is the greatest<br>the day after a violent storm, <br>though battered and sometimes broken<br>she springs back with strength and grace.<br>My treasured friend, through long years<br>she whispers her quiet wisdom to me.<br>'Those who wish to grow and prosper<br>must learn to bend with the wind.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Michel">Angela Michel</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344535" data-title="My Tree de Angela Michel" data-description="In my armchair, by the window often I sit down to share my thoughts with my favorite tree. She stands across the street, petite, weeping evergreen when first we met. Now tall and majestic, her graceful sweeping limbs have risen above rooftops hi..."></div> </div> </div>

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