I am a lonely tree.
I'm weathered, branches bare, leaves withered to nothing.
I do not stand tall, my roots are shallow in the earth just visible in the grass.
I stand alone atop a hill.
All the other trees are dead.
They've been gone for some time now, I'm the only tree left.
Barring the seasons until death comes for me as well.
I am not old, but the time I've spent seems an eternity.
Waiting, longing for the end.
Being alone only makes the pain worse, and the wait longer.
By myself I will stand, waiting for the end of the day until the day I end.
I am a lonely tree.
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