Wonder tree

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I planted a seed

Years ago, 

And it grew up

To be a tree, 

A tree of hopes

And different colours.

Spring comes 

And it bears fruit, 

Which I don't eat, 

Keep them as mementos

In my cupboard, 

They rot 

And in an illusion I sit, 

Wait for more, 

But in a second

Autumn would appear, 

Leaves fall, fruits go away

Then I go back to my cupboard

And see, 

Fat worms roving in and around

My mementos, 

In dismay I cry, 

And wish I had eaten

Them red.

I sit and wait for

Spring to come again, 

But winter is long

And summer is

Nowhere to see. 

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