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~ Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr. ~
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