Eulogy At Midnight Poem by Leria Hawkins

Eulogy At Midnight
Date: December 1,2011

Night songs whisper through the air
Wind ghosts comb her twisted hair
With time bent back and furrowed brow
Love vows carved upon her bough

A hundred years of age to show
A splendid sight come rain or snow
With roots entwined beneath the sod
Her arms held high, in praise to God

Moonbeams gloss her rugged skin
She mourns the loss of youth and kin
Across the valleys, timbers fall
Making way for human sprawl

Yesterday majestic, tomorrow bleak
Nothing more to hide or seek
Assailed by winds of seasons past
Her final days loom cold and vast

A sodden veil spreads neath her feet
Time stands still, the silence fleet
No more in pride she staunchly stands
She bends to pled the grace of man


When morning sun glints the east
She’ll be condemned, beyond release
A priceless treasure raped by greed
The insatiable heart of man to feed

One last stand beneath her girth
To pray for man, to pray for earth
Why can’t we see beyond our lust
And lift our hearts to God in trust

Twisted, torn and thrown as waste
Her healthy hearth slain in haste
No man pays heed to hear her sighs
Or lends an ear as nature cries


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