Inktober 2022 Day 5 The Tree

As always, artwork by Andrea and doggerel by me.

 

I’ve seen a lot of history

Whilst growing in this wood

I started as a sapling

And ever since I’ve stood

 

Here amidst the other trees

Slowly growing tall

Through springs and summers, winters too

My favourite time’s the Fall

 

A squirrel started off my life

A sweet chestnut I was stored

Buried in the leaf litter

Deep amongst his horde

 

I’ve stood here proud five hundred years

King Charles was on the throne

I’ve seen the English Civil War

When he was overthrown

 

Now I’m resting here un-noticed

Just like I’ve always stood

Just like the ancient proverb

‘You can’t see the tree for the wood’

 

Done