<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401745" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sad Oak</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve a sad story about a great oak that fell.<br> It now lies dead…a useless empty shell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> This oak once was the mightiest tree in this land, <br> Towering over others mired in rock and sand.<br> Its roots were deep and drank from rich soil<br> While others suffered in their unending toil.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Mighty oak’s trunk stretched toward the sky, <br> Unconcerned as the others continued to die.<br> Its branches held proudly to each healthy leaf, <br> Caring little of the forest’s deepening grief.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Why be concerned with this world of dying and weak? <br> They seemed to offer nothing the great oak would seek.<br> Then fate spoke to the oak, but its message was denied.<br> Suddenly climate started to change and the rains subside.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> With no help from dead comrades, temperatures did soar.<br> Scant vegetation protected the earth’s life giving floor.<br> Had oak shared light, rain and riches of the land, <br> Sad oak and the forest would not be rock and sand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> So much had been given to this unique, mighty oak. <br> Sadly, its life ended before its spirit of giving awoke.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gregory+Huyette">Gregory Huyette</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=401745" data-title="Sad Oak de Gregory Huyette" data-description="I’ve a sad story about a great oak that fell. It now lies dead…a useless empty shell. This oak once was the mightiest tree in this land, Towering over others mired in rock and sand. Its roots were deep and drank from rich soil While oth..."></div> </div> </div>

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