The Tree of Life

This is the heart of life

From which one grows

Where love and care is known

For it to be shown

So much to do while still alive

Yet time falls like dominoes

Slowly left all alone

The branches become overgrown

The tree touched by strife

Disappearing into the shadows

From the remaining bone

A new life is sown

While the sapling is left to thrive

Everyone around knows

That when the wind is blown

We become our own