<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384808" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Aunty Anna's Orchard</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">it was the largest house<br>next to it an orchard<br>full of apple and plum trees <br>and one lonesome old pear tree<br>in the corner of the backyard</div><div style="margin:10px 0">this was<br>where she spent several summers<br>most of her time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">leaning against<br>the gnarled trunk <br>she could dream<br>she could hide <br>she could feel free<br>for a few minutes<br>or all day </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she could watch <br>the growth of the leaves<br>creating a green roof<br>it was a shelter<br>if some rain fell</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the glorious pear blossoms<br>and it's private perfume <br>filled her room<br>for a while</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the blossom leaves disappear <br>with the wind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">more than a few<br>stayed behind <br>for coloring a carpet<br>on the floor</div><div style="margin:10px 0">sometimes<br>nothing happened<br>nothing changed<br>all though she was not being patient<br>about the growth of the pears<br>out of reach<br>high in her old tree</div><div style="margin:10px 0">still standing on her toes<br>she needed to be tall <br>she stretched every day<br>and grew too</div><div style="margin:10px 0">at last <br>picking that first pear<br>enjoying that view above<br>showing she would reap <br>very soon<br>so much more<br>she just had to wait<br>for the pears to fall</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ellie+Daphne+van+Stralen">Ellie Daphne van Stralen</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=384808" data-title="Aunty Anna's Orchard de Ellie Daphne van Stralen" data-description="it was the largest house next to it an orchard full of apple and plum trees and one lonesome old pear tree in the corner of the backyard this was where she spent several summers most of her time leaning against the gnarled trunk she could drea..."></div> </div> </div>

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