Poem: The Silent Sentinel

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Leaves droop and fall 
slowly one by one 
the venerable old tree
still stands majestic 
as it has always been
the trunk still proud
its root buried deeply
into the crumbly black soil
a solid sentinel 
still watches over us all
its branches touch 
the cloudless sky 
but now they are bare
it shivers in the cold
because it has lost
its yearly armor.

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