"Ode to Dying Tree"

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There's something about dying trees that hits me as a reminder not just of mortality, but how beautiful death can be.
We live for the cycle, each one of us rejoicing and mourning, living and dying.
All of us, the same potential as a dying tree--to die with beauty and grace.

(Written earlier today, inspired by a dying tree I saw while driving.)

Comments

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I've never found death beautiful or graceful. I think that's something we tell ourselves to make it hurt less, because it is a terrible thing we can't do anything about. And for a very long time we didn't have the technology or knowledge, so that was true. But it doesn't have to and won't always be so.