Pity the Tree

A poem about a tree

Pity the tree
That stands all alone
Unaware of its beauty
Unaware of its own

Pity the tree
With no eyes to see,
With no ears to listen,
That shall never meet me.

Pity the tree
That has no train of thought
No lessons were learned
No lessons were taught

Pity the tree
That knows nothing of past
Or future, or present,
No memories last.

Oh but the tree
Has no reason to worry.
It doesn't love, it doesn't feel,
Oh how I wish I were a tree.

I'd have no more math to do,
I'd have no chores to complete
At me, nobody would yell
At me, nobody would speak

Oh, woe is me
Why wasn't I born a tree?
A tree... a tree...
But no, I couldn't be

The tree will never sing
The tree will never laugh
The tree will never play
The tree will not make friends

So pity the tree,
The wonderful tree.

The tree, so bright, lightens the town
The people stand in awe, they all are astound

But the tree doesn't know,
Nor shall it ever
The tree shall be clueless
Forever and ever

Yes, pity the tree
That shall live until old
With nothing to have
With nothing to hold

Yes, please pity the tree
That stands all alone
Unaware of its beauty
Unaware of its own

Author's Note

I hope you enjoyed this poem! I am trying to find my writing style again and regain the "pep in my step" as I like to say. Please feel free to review. Thanks you so much!

Reviews

[Insight "MH"]

This is a wonderful poem, the concept of being alive with no feelings to share or hold is as a tree is cleverly shown, it shows the value of feelings which makes life tasteful. We can't understand the meaning of happiness if we didn't taste the bitterness of sorrow. We need all the feelings to become whole and to live a better life.
This was a lovely ride, thank you for sharing.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much for reviewing :)

[Insight "MH"]

You are welcome.

[Loaa Diab]

good job, keep on going , i like it so much

[Cool Girl]

Thank you!

[Valentine]

Like the first four groupings the best. valentine

[Cool Girl]

Thank you! :)

[B]

We forget that trees are very much alive
and like we seem to show compassion for humans or i might say some of us do
we need to find the same kind of compassion for nature in all its forms
for lest it speaks we disregard the fact that it does in fact feel but in very different ways than we do
which means if anything we should pay more care and attention to it

bravo

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it :)

[GeekyGamer128]

Great poem. It has a beautiful rhyming flow/scheme that I often like in poems. Good job! :D

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very much

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Beautiful poetry, Cool Girl. I like the sounds and the flow. Very good. :) Rudi

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much, Rudi! Merry Christmas :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Merry Christmas to you too. :) Rudi

[luvs2write]

Wow....wish I could write poetry like that! This is seriously awesome... You have inspired me to write. XD

[Cool Girl]

Omg Addie, you are so much better at writing than I am. Lol

[Bear]

Interesting, it is like a tale of three poems with the first five stanzas reflecting sympathy for the plight of the tree. The next three stanzas are more questioning the nature of the tree and the last five stanzas are envious of the tree. If this were my poem I would highlight the separation of these three parts to make it more dramatic.

[Cool Girl]

Thanks for the suggestion! :)

[Corbin Driver]

Great poem! I liked it a lot.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you, Corbin!

[zunie frost]

wow !! i like it ..... flow is great !!! rhymes are perfect !!! love this beautiful work

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much!

[zunie frost]

welcome !!!!!

[V]

I liked reading the first four stanzas and the topic you write about but I think you should have stuck to the pattern of those first stanzas. I think you just wrote down your emotions, which is good but you should maybe find a matching structure for them. I also like the repetition of the first stanza as the last one. But nice images in there, anyway.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very much for your feedback. I will consider your suggestion :)