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The Tree Who Knew All Wars

hatchet-axe                        
bow and arrow                          
setting traps                          
tasting marrow                            
                           
My tree has roots in Cherokee.                          
                           
marching through                          
cannon-fire                          
reload rifle                          
battle dire                            
                           
My tree has roots in Confederacy.                          
                           
changing names                          
hiding truth                          
evading death camps                          
since their youth                            
                           
My tree has roots in Jewry.                          
                           
officer fighting Allies                    
commanding artillery                          
medals reflecting                              
struggle to be free                          
                           
My tree has roots in Hungary.                          
                           
The irony                            
of ancestors                          
always on defeated side:                          
                           
The Austro-Hungarian Army                          
The Confederacy                          
The Jewry                        
The Cherokee                          
                           
Mama and Daddy                          
fought in US ARMY.    
                   
I am their one and only;                        
a warrior I may not be.                          
                           
Writing poetry                          
my battle strategy;                       
                           
watering hybrid tree                
that is my ancestry;        
               
I secretly consider                 
slim possibility  —              
                           
dying for what I believe.      
     
     
#heritage    
     
(Submitted for non-entry for family history comp)
Written by TheMuses22 (Muse22)
Published | Edited 5th Feb 2019
Author's Note
Submitted as non-entry for Family History Competition
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