Simple Little Tree Poems By Lynn Barany I remember when they chopped me down And put me in a truck. They told me I'd be happy And I was definitely in luck. I was told I'd been chosen To give some girls and boys, A very happy Christmas And on my branches would be toys. I was to have lights of red Green and yellow too. Lots of sparkling tinsel With ornaments of blue. I felt quite excited Of the job I was to do, They placed me in a window So my bright lights would shine through. On the very top of me They placed a shining star. I felt I must look beautiful Standing straight, and standing tall. For days, and days they loved me As they brought there friends to see. Every day I heard from them, We love you Christmas tree. I knew when I was very young I was planted for a reason. I knew I would be picked someday Just for this festive season. It seems my job is over now, Not a soul stops by. My needles fall upon the floor, They can't see I cry. The children do not notice me My job for them is done. I over hear them saying Christmas sure was fun. They leave me in the darkness now I'm no more a treat. Tomorrow I heard them say, They will toss me on the street. My days upon this earth are done. But with sun, and rain you see, In the forest where I lived There grows another tree. And next year when you chop it down I hope that you will see, To plant another in it's place A SIMPLE LITTLE TREE.

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Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)