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It's Winter-een-mas...
Jan. 5th, 2005 09:49 amIt lay there at the side of the path, discarded and broken, a sad and sorry sight.
For a time it had shone like a star, a light that had brought wonder to those that had seen it, a centerpoint of the house where the seasons joy had focused, whatever the beliefs and traditions of the family.
But now humbled and cast out it lay, on it's side, a shadow of it's former self. No more glamour or lights for it, an ignominious end to it's life.
I paused as I saw it, even thought I wouldn't have to walk past it, but just seeing it made me just a little sad. It was just barely alive still and I wondered if when such a thing was to happen if you should not end it all for it quickly rather than leaving it to rot by a path, nameless and shamed.
I turned and left the tree behind, walking on.
( Less musing, more ramble; my lookback at 2004 )
For a time it had shone like a star, a light that had brought wonder to those that had seen it, a centerpoint of the house where the seasons joy had focused, whatever the beliefs and traditions of the family.
But now humbled and cast out it lay, on it's side, a shadow of it's former self. No more glamour or lights for it, an ignominious end to it's life.
I paused as I saw it, even thought I wouldn't have to walk past it, but just seeing it made me just a little sad. It was just barely alive still and I wondered if when such a thing was to happen if you should not end it all for it quickly rather than leaving it to rot by a path, nameless and shamed.
I turned and left the tree behind, walking on.
( Less musing, more ramble; my lookback at 2004 )
