When I was a little girl, I loved the beautiful Mulberry tree in our wild, rambling garden. I used to play on a wooden swing that my father had put up and climb in it's branches. I would lie on top of it's branches for hours, just thinking and wondering about different things. In spring I would sit under it's shade and eat a slice of mulberry pie while sipping a mulberry smoothie. It used to amaze me how many dishes you could make just from some mulberries. Sometimes, I would eat then plain, and if they were perfectley ripe, then they would taste delicously sweet and with the just right amount of tartness.
I loved that tree with all my heart, it had become part of me and I shared so many memories with it. I had vowed to protect it forever but just today I came home from school to find that it was gone, all that remained was a stump. Tears started to run down my cheeks and loud sobs burst from my throat. That tree had been more than a tree to me, it had been a friend, sure I had other friends, but they haven't been around for more than 100 years. I ran to the front door of my house, my mother was waiting for me and when she saw my face I could tell that she felt guiltey.
"Now Miranda, I want you to be strong," she started, nervously flicking her brown hair behind her. She was biting her lip and her eyes darted from place to place. I had never seen her like this before. I waited, glaring at her. "You know that the apprasior is coming this week," pausing she took a deep breath,"Well, the mulberry tree was blocking our veiw and I hired some men to cut it down so we could get more money for the house."
"YOU WHAT!!" I screamed in her face, I was furious, "You basicly cut down a big part of my life, just for some apprasior!" I managed not to shout anymore but I was still fuming.
and I feel as if a big chunk of my life has been ripped out me
The following night I dreamed of the Mulberry tree. There it stood in the garden, a hopeful stump with tender shoots sprouting from it. It was starting a new life, remembering and flourishing on it's past. I vow to be like that, I will remember and move on, embracing each new day as a day I will always remember.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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