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Plant a Flower, Plant a Vine. Plant a Tree?
...A Poem
If I plant a flower, chances are I live to see it bloom...and die. A flower's time is short. It's born in Spring, and by the Fall is dead. If I plant a vine, I may, may not, see it slowly climb and thrive, branch its barky way, graced by burr and gentle green. But, should I plant a tree whose end I'll never see? Never see it grow so tall, barely see it grow at all? never watch the leaves unfold, never its full growth behold? If I do not plant the tree, someone else who loves the tree as much as I, come after me, will not have the chance to see. Yes, I should plant a tree, both for myself and thee. God and nature, life agree; I plant for all, for me, for thee. Copyright by Don Gray
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