This is ALL of us......beautiful

MAJW
MAJW Member Posts: 2,510 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
The Oak Tree

A mighty wind blew day and night.
It stole the Oak tree's leaves away
Then snapped its boughs and pulled it's 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 be 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 AM STRONGER THAN I EVER KNEW...........

Comments

  • roseann4
    roseann4 Member Posts: 992 Member
    #2
    Thank you!
    The poem really hit a chord in me. That oak does speak for all of us. Thanks for sharing it.

    Roseann
  • LadyParvati
    LadyParvati Member Posts: 328
    #3
    Inspirational!
    This is so very inspirational; thank you for sharing it. I'm going to print it out and post it on my bathroom mirror where I'll see it every day.
  • cindycflynn
    cindycflynn Member Posts: 1,132 Member
    #4
    Love this!
    I feel stronger just reading it.

    Thanks for sharing!
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #5
    cindycflynn said:

    Love this!
    I feel stronger just reading it.

    Thanks for sharing!

    This is just lovely.
    Stef

    This is just lovely.
    Stef
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #6
    WONDERFUL
    Thank you for posting that, very uplifting indeed!
  • Jadie
    Jadie Member Posts: 723
    #7
    Thank you MAJW
    This is beautiful. Indeed it is all of us.

    I AM STRONGER THAN I EVER KNEW.... this should be our motto

    Hugs
    Jadie<3
  • aurora2009
    aurora2009 Member Posts: 544 Member
    #8
    This is beautiful !!!
    Thanks so much for posting this,

    I needed something insporational today.
  • lolad
    lolad Member Posts: 670
    #9
    aurora2009 said:

    This is beautiful !!!
    Thanks so much for posting this,

    I needed something insporational today.

    What
    a beautiful poem. It is so true to all of us fighting this battle and to those who have won as well. Thanks for sharing this.

    laura
  • lovelylola
    lovelylola Member Posts: 279
    #10
    What a beautiful tribute to all of us
    I downloaded it and have put it in a picture frame for myself. This is something that I need to see each and every day to remind me I can beat this thing no matter what it throws at me. Thank you so much for sharing. Lola
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #11
    Great poem!
    Thanks for sharing....

    Hugs, Kathi
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #12
    Thank you! Lynn

    Thank you! Lynn
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #13
    Thanks! Yes, I agree, this
    Thanks! Yes, I agree, this is ALL of us!!
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #14
    How interesting you would
    How interesting you would write about a tree! A fellow CSN member ( sadly, we lost her to the Lung Ca Beast) who was a published author, asked me to collaborate with her on a poem. She had an online mentoring site, and was such a lovely, sweet soul. I was honored and humbled to contribute even a small part to her efforts to reach out to those of us doing battle with the beast. Her website is www.thecancertree.com. And from there, if you click on A Poem Grows, you will see the poem she and I lovingly did together. I miss her dearly~ we met in the Chatroom here at CSN and she was indeed a Kindred Spirit of the highest calibre...

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • sherria49
    sherria49 Member Posts: 126
    #15
    Wow.....
    thanks for sharing! Very inspirational!
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #16
    WOW
    Thanks for sharing!
    Pat
  • crafty two
    crafty two Member Posts: 29
    #17
    beautiful poem
    after reading it I thought how true it is...I just bought a jurnal for laurissa(birthday gift)and on the first page I wrote the poem so she could read it.
  • crafty two
    crafty two Member Posts: 29
    #18
    beautiful poem
    after reading it I thought how true it is...I just bought a jurnal for laurissa(birthday gift)and on the first page I wrote the poem so she could read it.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #19
    crafty two said:

    beautiful poem
    after reading it I thought how true it is...I just bought a jurnal for laurissa(birthday gift)and on the first page I wrote the poem so she could read it.

    thank you for posting this
    thank you for posting this poem makes us all dig in and stand strong for ourselves and each other.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #20
    crafty two said:

    beautiful poem
    after reading it I thought how true it is...I just bought a jurnal for laurissa(birthday gift)and on the first page I wrote the poem so she could read it.

    thank you for posting this
    thank you for posting this poem makes us all dig in and stand strong for ourselves and each other.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #21
    crafty two said:

    beautiful poem
    after reading it I thought how true it is...I just bought a jurnal for laurissa(birthday gift)and on the first page I wrote the poem so she could read it.

    thank you for posting this
    thank you for posting this poem makes us all dig in and stand strong for ourselves and each other.

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