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.

[Lox]

This poem makes me think what trees think when they stand all alone. But most trees are in groups as they are called groves, forests etc. But as a tree which stands all day, watching passersby move along. Surely something both sad and joyous would come out of the observation. Thank you for sharing a wonderful poem. Really makes you ponder on things. I'm sorry, I know that was already said but still! It really makes one ponder! Really it does, I mean ask the tree will you?! Keep it up. I guess you could say this poem is oak-kay.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very much, dear friend :)

[Ashley Renegade]

This is a very interesting poem, the kind that makes you ponder things! Well done Cool Girl!

[Cool Girl]

Thank you, Ashley!

[Ashley Renegade]

You're welcome!

[AaronFreitas]

Awesome work cool girl :) I enjoyed your descriptions very much and I'm happy to see you back on here! A very strong write to come back with... great job!

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very much! I have missed you, dear friend :)

[Echoes of Eros]

Each line just flowed with more inspiration, and more richly wild thoughts of the soul. How much we miss when we fail to look around us at the world, all that can be discovered in those things of earth and sky, and our lives marked by their time. So profoundly written.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very much, dear friend! I have missed you and am glad to be back :)

[DoormanDan]

Well, I certainly think this is a strong comeback CG. It seems like your writing has matured in the time you were away. I both like and agree with what you are saying in this piece. Many of us do take tree for granted. They are what produce the air we breathe, provide shade from the scorching summer sun and give birds a place to build nests. I suppose trees explicitly symbolize unknown heroes in society, don't they?

You say you are trying to relocate your writing voice, and I say you are suceeding. I wish I was having as much luck as you are with it, because my writing passion has been very weak for the last five months(heck, while you were away, I went on a two month hiatus myself!). Anyway, this piece is very strong and smooth flowing. Its good to see that you're back CG. :)

[Cool Girl]

Dan! It is so great to see you! I have missed you greatly, my friend! Thank you so much for reviewing, I appreciate it very much! I wish you the best of luck for you and your writing. I'm sure your creative juices will begin to flow again soon! Either way, we should definitely do a collaboration sometime. Keep calm and write on, my friend! Happy holidays!

[CA Anurag Sharma]

Tree which gives us everything for free, whether if be relief from the scorching sun or its fruits... it clears the environment for us....yet it stands still with all the goodness it has....
Lovely poem for sure....good one....

[Cool Girl]

Thank you!!

[DeadSoulx_x]

I love the deepness of the words. I wish i was a tree ahh

[Cool Girl]

Thank you! :)

[McBear]

Deep, very deep. I dunno what to say! I have to agree with everyone below. Very deep and meaningful.

Well done!

[Cool Girl]

Thank you, poison :)

[Lizardo]

I just cant stop reading this poem! My God Aless you have created a pearl here! I really really love this one, its awesome, I like the repetitive style of it and that beautiful flow as if I was running in tulip fields on Holland xD
Now on to the meaning: I think that the tree is referring to you, I see a lot references here that get me to that conclusion, specially that last stanza. At least in some parts your talking about the tree and in others your talking about yourself. Yeah I wish too that I could be like a tree, I would grow stronger by the years and not weaker, a Tree doesn't need to feel love from nature or other stuff because it ALREADY FORMS PART OF IT, we might as well learn from trees then from reality itself, reality can distortion itself to become something that isn't. A tree doesn't need to worry on what it's doing because it knows it forms part of nature, it's doing something important, you know, if we had that kind of thinking like you postulate it on the poem, we would much happier and less stressful than what we are now. Amazing poem Aless, you deserves applauds on this one.
On the poem itself: Everything is good, nothing surprised me, its your style of writing so your difference is already normal for me :) What I'm trying to say that it's awesome and I've missed your writing xD
Rating: 100% (Of course I never put anything less)
Great way to get back, Great to have you back :)

[Cool Girl]

Aww thank you so much, Lizardo! I always appreciate your reviews! You are so sweet! :) thank you for the warm welcome back! You're amazing :)

[Willard Wells]

But as we pity the tree it is always there to shade and protect. But feelings we have and so a tree is just a tree to view it's beauty and let it transport us to a tranquil place. Very nice and well done work.


BTW
COFFEE

[Cool Girl]

Thank you very very very much! Which reminds me, I need to go drink some coffee now haha