The Master's Plan

I am sure it will outlive me standing long after my own time Taking note of my grandchildren lending life both music and rhyme

Tates Tree Swing

There is a great tree where we live

It's a comfort to have it near

We pass by it every day

it has stood for many a year

 

In the last twenty years or so

as I passed the days of my prime

I found that I kept going back

seeking solace time after time

 

What amounted to years for us

were days in the life of the tree

It stands there stout, towering, firm

be-lying grace that comforts me

 

I'd lie beneath the canopy

where I would stare up at the sky

Watching the leaves blow in the wind

counting the years as they passed by

 

So majestic is this old tree

oh the lives that it's watched over

How many loves have come and gone

amongst the leaves amid clover

 

Yesterday I happened to see

Tate with his girl beneath its arms

Swinging within its warm embrace

while it happily shared its charms

 

I am sure it will outlive me

standing long after my own time

Looking after my grandchildren

sharing love of music and rhyme

 

This tree has watched my son grow up

from a small boy to a young man

Here it stands in graceful beauty

a small piece of the Masters plan

Tate

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Author's Note

The years pass us by so quickly. Sometimes I wonder what has happened to them all. However I am blessed with a loving child who has given me so much. I share these memories with all my friends in reverence to the life and love they have marked.

Reviews

[M. J. Smith]

Trees... I too, have been overshadowed by their silent majesty for my entire life. But sadly, I have seen the revered Giants of my childhood plowed down. Gone are the groves and woods, replaced by housing projects an shopping centers. Only memories remain.

[Tate Morgan]

Sad isn’t it? I don’t cut down trees can’t bring myself to do it.thank you just off work

[M. J. Smith]

Your welcome.

[Great Aunt Astri]

In our hectic lives it is soothing to find solace in nature. Trees especially have an almost mystical quality.
I love the way your have portrayed this in your poem, especially as that majestic tree will still be the in generations to come. Lovely pics too.

[Barbz]

The wonder of this lovely write is not only the mastery of the art, the way You do it, but the fact that the majesty of natures bounty delivers comfort, love and life.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Barbz I owe much of the artistic talent to my mentors The greatest of which was David . You can see his meter throughout this piece.And though his stories are fanciful tales of woe and imagining Mine are woven from real life.

[Barbz]

Yes, David does weave some fanciful tales, but I think we all can't help but draw from our life experiences......consciously or not.......Tate, I love that you repost from time to time.....encouraging the memory of a verse as a child would, a nursery rhyme.....

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I guess they are the moments that most stir my character

[melissa]

Amazing poem tate thank you for sharing them

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you melissa

[melissa]

Your welcome

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Lovely and amazing write as always. blessings

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you it is always the simple pleasures that we find the most profound

[wordman]

we can all relate to this write,i have my own tree and all it`s memories
you did a great job on this one and all the pictures just brought it to life

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I guess we all know these relationships whether we acknowledge them or not

[papai]

Everything that has already been said. Plus, how very nicely it rhymes! Thank you for the wonderful time I had reading it.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you so much I havent been on much lately. my life has monopolized my time of late. I a,m sorry this took so long to send out my thanks
Tate

[Nativespirit]

There are times, as I have stood and watched my child sleep, praying I would always have the answers to their wondrous questions regarding life. And, yes, the years do go way too fast. They gave more than they took.

[Tate Morgan]

I remember watching Tate sleep as well. I suppose the years have given so much. We are lucky to have these times and the memories they produced. Thank you Barb.

[minisla]

Well put together Tate. Time flies by in the wink of an eye. Here for a short time. Cherish every minute of it all we can try and accomplish. Simplicity in a nutshell.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Minisla