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Through the Seasons

As a child, I would sit at the base of an ancient oak tree, the woods my only refuge from a world in which I didn't fit.

In summer, the green canopy sheltered me from gathering storms, from both the sky above and the soul within.

On autumn evenings, I would watch the squirrels play on the branches above, and my spirits were lifted.

Winter's cold breath did not keep me away, and I didn't fear the ghosts that the trees had become.

When the first leaves appeared in spring, I would be there to witness life renewed, in both the woods and myself.


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