Here's the story before the poem: When I went to visit my family, they gave each one of us a card (with a hundred bucks) and mine held a poem. I almost cried reading this, but know this IS NOT my original work, it can be used in cards, in whatever you want. The author of 'The Oak Tree' is Johnny Ray Ryder Jr. I haven't typed up any of my poems and I'm too lazy, but I truly did want to share this. It was subtitled 'A Message of Encouragement' and 'A Self-Esteem Poem'
So here it is
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The Oak Tree
A mighty wind blew night and day
It stole the oak tree's leaves away
Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark
Until the oak was tired and stark
But still the oak tree held its ground
While other trees fell all around
The weary wind gave up and spoke.
"How can you still be standing Oak?"
The oak tree said, "I know that you
Can break each branch of mine in two
Carry every leaf away
Shake my limbs, and make me sway
But I have roots stretched in the earth
Growing stronger since my birth
You'll never touch them, for you see
They are the deepest part of me
Until today, I wasn't sure
Of just how much I could endure
But now I've found, with thanks to you
I'm stronger than I ever knew"
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PoetryAll this is Is ink on page But its almost magic As I type it all out All thoughts All emotions All fears and dreams I wonder if you'll take the time To peek through And watch my progress From old to new. Poems and Haikus of A Girl With Nothing Bette...
