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Who am I?
                                                                                I was once new to this world,

                                                                                  but now years have passed.

                                                                    I still reside in the place where I was conceived.

                                                                                      I have seen things live,

                                                                                      I have seen things die,

                                                                                          yet I still stand tall.

                                                                  I can see for miles out but its always the same.

                                                    Nothing happens here except the blooming of the roses each year.

                                                                  Except that one year when that nice couple came.

                                                                                    I saw a women proposed to

                                                                                      right before my very eyes.

                                                                          More years pass now they're my neighbors.

                                                                      I watched them live, I watched their children grow.

                                                                When they grew of age, they played with me all day long.

                                                                                            More years pass,

                                                                                    now I only see their graves.

                                                                      I have lived a long time, I fear my bane is soon.

                                                                                  Decades pass I finally grow old,

                                                                                        my time is surely near.

                                            I see the couples graves, happy memories flood back as I slowly decay away.

                                                                              that is when I asked my last question.

                                                                      Did they ever think of me the great oak tree...
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