<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495459" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">when the big tree falls <br>hit by lightning <br>roared by thunder </div><div style="margin:10px 0">when the big tree finally falls <br>and i was there <br>a big sound <br>of a giant old tree <br>falling finally to the ground </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the arrogance <br>that used to be </div><div style="margin:10px 0">by that big old tree <br>we all looked upon <br>it was so high <br>and we did not <br>climb it anyhow </div><div style="margin:10px 0">for fear <br>and <br>perhaps respect for its grandeur </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and today this big tree falls <br>hit by lightning and roared by thunder </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the universe claps upon the <br>fall of arrogance and pride <br>and a tree's belief about <br>its hugeness and <br>strength </div><div style="margin:10px 0">now this tree falls <br>and i am here watching it </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you are not here <br>you are in some foreign country </div><div style="margin:10px 0">how can i tell you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that this tree has fallen </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and there is nothing to fear anymore? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">when a tree falls and you are not there <br>your logic tells </div><div style="margin:10px 0">there is no tree <br>there is no tree of such strength and posture <br>there is no tree like that </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that can ever fall <br>all because a lightning hits it <br>and all because the thunder roared </div><div style="margin:10px 0">without you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</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=495459" data-title="The Tree de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="when the big tree falls hit by lightning roared by thunder when the big tree finally falls and i was there a big sound of a giant old tree falling finally to the ground the arrogance that used to be by that big old tree we all looked..."></div> </div> </div>

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