“And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree… and the tree was happy.” -The Giving Tree by Shel ShilversteinApple Tree OrphanAmong the green majestic towersBeneath the canopy looking for sunA young tree growsDiscarded by its ownerThrown from the potConsidered waste and unfruitfulThe parents of the forestshed and sharetheirContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Apple Tree Orphan”