69. The Standalone Tree

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So righteously along
Slender and upright,
What then branched there,
Sudden and against tide?

Against norms of the usual
It was deemed not to survive,
The other trees knew that
With a guarantee tight.

As years fell by though,
It grew to its might,
Stronger and taller than the rest,
A survivor in the fight.

Reaching the prime of its time
In spite of the odd path taken,
The standalone tree it was now known
To the onlookers so mistaken.

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