Gnarled twisted arms of hope
beseech for a life rope
Ageing stump has witnessed aeons
of romances, tears, dance, funs
her lush foliage green verdant once
she is rooted in Tera’s core, deep within
through hardened rocks slow-chipping
despite devastation dumped by human damaging
She was once cool umbrella of shade
part of love’s lively laughter, trade
now an outcast, bereft of company
rejected, left alone to shrivel lonely
drops of kindness in rain
shall revive stump given up in vain
Avian life small and big
shall nest with gathered twig
mammals shall again mate
blissfully rest in her shade
hearts shall lustingly romance
share heartbreaks enhanced
Beautiful ageing shrivelling trunk
shall no longer cry to skies as a stump
She will manifest the joy she holds
unmanifest until reviving rain unfolds
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