Carol A. Hand
The day dawns drizzly
as the weeping willow waits
welcoming the end of struggle
living too long alone – her fate
the tree surgeons soon arriving
finally she’ll join her mate
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Her passing will
leave a void
in the
neighborhood
she graced
standing strong
but supple
despite the many
storms she faced
Birds sing as her
budding branches sway
kissed by warm
gentle breezes
on her final day
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Chi miigwetch for your presence, beloved willow
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Voices from the Margins 
So sad to watch a tree die and then taken away.
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It is sad, Rosaliene. I offered her tobacco last night and thanked her for her presence in my life. Today, I saved many parts of her – limbs, branches, chips, and stump – so parts of her will remain where she was born and lived. I’m grateful she was treated with respect by the tree surgeons but I shall miss her.
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I weep in sadness and gratitude for her presence in your life and on this earth and for her passing.
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Thank you so much for your kindness, Joan. I am deeply grateful. ❤
It was not an easy decision to make, but it proved to be wise. Her core was rotting and empty. I doubt that she would have withstood the spring and summer storms and may have seriously injured someone.
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Oh how very sad. What a truly beautiful eulogy. I’ve always felt very sad when a tree dies. You did good girl 💓
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Thank you so much for your kind and lovely comments, Candice. Even as my heart breaks with her death, I am grateful to know she was loved and cared for during her final years. ❤
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I think it just made me like you even more which I did not think was possible. But it shows the depth and goodness of your soul my friend. I am very sorry BUT I truly believe she is in the universe now and she is free and also her roots are beyond where we can go and will again, live.
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thank you so much for sharing this, Mr. Jueseppi B. 🙂
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Beautiful tribute to the grand willow. It’s always sad to see trees such as these cut down, they are the centre of a location, giving joy to many for a long time…it feels like a hiccup in nature’s norm.
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Although a very belated reply, I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful, lovely comments, Annika. ❤
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Thank you for being a witness to the life of this treasured Willow Tree, to mark a death is so pastoral and so loving, sad as it is you have beautifully eulogised a life, and so Willow is not forgotten.
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A belated reply, Paul, but I wanted to thank you for your lovely, thoughtful comments. ❤
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Pleasure Carol
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A beautiful tribute to a beloved tree, Carol. Both people and animals will miss her. groetjes, Hanneke
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Thank you so much for your kind and gentle words, Hanneke. Sending my best wishes to you. ❤
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We had to have our Ash tree felled due to die back – it was too big for our little garden, but the birds loved it! It is not dead though, shoots spring up from the stump and I have a few baby trees.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments, Janet. I’m sorry to hear about your ash tree, but it’s gratifying to hear that the roots are still alive. I send my best wishes to you. 🙂
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Sad for her. Thank you for your presence in this world, I imagine it wouldn’t have been an easy decision to take, am sure she took with her the love and compassion showered by yourself to reunite with the creator ❤
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Dear Saadia, it is always a gift to hear from you. I send gratitude for your kindness and best wishes to you, dear friend. ❤
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