Life

Roots spread deep into the ground

100’s of years to earn their earthly place

Supporting the trunk, keeping it strong

They are the preface to the knotty face

Scores and gouges, days gone by

Seasons passed mild and harsh

A lifetime of things seen and heard

All these stories wrote in bark

The twiggy tangle atop the core

Leafless now in dying grace

Lives lived in the protective clutch

Lived and died an entire race

Millions others like this one here

All to each their own fable

The final chapter in every story

Is being turned into a table