RELATIONSHIP Poem: LILITH TREE, by Austin Vetor

There’s an Orchard
It’s not big rather small honestly
There’s this tree, not the first one, not the newest one
but here all the same
I call it the Lilith tree
It has beautiful red leaves come autumn
Bareing sweet apples come harvest
But lately, the Lilith tree has gained rot on the branches
The beautiful tree no longer provides delicious honey crisps like the rest
But it’s my tree
So I’ll take the time and tend to the tree
The Lilith Tree is getting worse
But it’s my tree
And it’s not the tree’s fault it got rot
It’s not the tree’s fault it can no longer bear apples
So I tend to the Lilith Tree giving it all I can
Pulling weeds and dead bramble giving it the space it needs to heal
I trim the dead branches
Test soil and fertilize the ground
The work I’ve done is not small
The sun dances away as I tend the tree
I know this time could be spent planting new trees
The tree no longer has leaves, come autumn there will be no beauty
But it’s my tree I can’t let it waste away
Others would have cut the tree down
chopped it up and used it for firewood
I won’t it’s my tree after all
It could be loyalty, bravery, or some unyielding will to make the tree better
It’s probably stupidity but it’s still my tree
And while I don’t know why
I’ll do everything I can to stop this rot
It’s not the tree’s fault after all
And it’s still my tree

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