"The Tree and Me" By: Benjamin David Nelson

Dear World,

I was working on cleaning my room today, and I found a few gems. I found a poetry notebook of mine from eighth grade. I will share one of the gems with you. Enjoy!

Sorry that it's so mushed together! I put a space in between each stanza, but it won't stay that way when I publish it! :(

Yours Truly,
BDN

"The Tree and Me"

Benjamin David Nelson

In my yard there stands a tree.

A tree that is ever so taller than me.

I always wanted to be taller than it.

But, of course, it always beats me by a bit.

I always wanted to be tall,

For if I was, I would never fall.

And so I try to stand so high

But trying only leads to a lie.

Now I give up on becoming like this tree

But perhaps time will bring the idea back to me.

In my yard there stands a tree,

A tree that is ever so taller than me.

Years later, a new idea finally came to me

I said to myself: I will climb to the top of this tree

At the top, I would be taller by a couple of feet;

Once I reach my destination, the tree would be beat.

I began climbing the tree by jumping from branch to branch,

And as I got higher, I saw my ranch, my ranch.

I climbed and climbed and by the time I reached my destination,

I could see the stars face to face and my heart went through restoration.

I am now like the tree in my yard--tall

And because of this, I will never fall.

So now I am in my yard, taller than my tree

The tree that is ever so shorter than me.