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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)
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)
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