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by Annie Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E · Poetry · Nature · #1356533
Children say farewell
They smile vividly as they
hang
suspended
from her branches
like droplets at the edge
of unwanted descent.

These are her children
nurtured
loved
offering her this honor
this final flaming ovation
before they must turn
and fall away...
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