<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523655" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I saw a tree a-falling...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw a tree a-falling<br> a-falling down on me<br>I had no way to turn<br> it was close on me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought it was a plot<br> to force me out<br>I knew I could not<br> even hold it or shout</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was a tree I sheltered<br> on many a longing day<br>And now it was so altered<br> coming to make me pay</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked it why it longed<br> to touch its upmost brim<br>When all around no foe<br> turned the sun down dim</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I touched its bark to hear<br> I thought I heard a cry<br>Two leaves it shed on me<br> and brushed its bark up high</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked it why it stood<br> alone and left to brood<br>It shook its sticks in emphasis<br> as if to say it was good</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(©: T. Wignesan - Kuala Lumpur,1957, from Tracks of a Tramp. Kuala Lumpur-Singapore: Rayirath Publications,1961.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=T.+Wignesan">T. Wignesan</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=523655" data-title="I saw a tree a-falling... de T. Wignesan" data-description="I saw a tree a-falling a-falling down on me I had no way to turn it was close on me I thought it was a plot to force me out I knew I could not even hold it or shout It was a tree I sheltered on many a longing day And now it was so altered ..."></div> </div> </div>

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