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The Man Alone in The Isle Under the Tree

January 6, 2019
By CJlawson SILVER, Sandy, Utah
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There he stood in the ocean of green

Standing alone on the isle under the tree

Lost in thought yet found it all

Others passed through the green

Yet he remained still on the pillow of leaves

Time was like the leaves in the isle

Still and fallen

The sun shone down

Highlighting him and his tree

None entered the isle

It was beyond them as they walked by

Only the man alone stood

In the isle under the tree

© Taylor M., Pelham, AL

The author's comments:

I was inspired to write this one evening when I saw a man standing in a pool of leaves under a tree. There was something profound that struck me with the imagery of the sun and the pool of leaves beneath him that made me want to write it down.

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