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i heared a poem at a funeral (woodland buriel) it was about tree planting, maybe called plant a tree and let it grow? it was about the tree living on the desciesed. i really would like to find it and after searching the internet i have no luck. anyone know it?

thanks.

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i heared a poem at a funeral (woodland buriel) it was about tree planting, maybe called plant a tree and let it grow? it was about the tree living on the desciesed. i really would like to find it and after searching the internet i have no luck. anyone know it?

thanks.

 

can you remember any lines from the poem?

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Is this It:

 

A Tree Growing From My Chest

 

Should I die (or fade out gently)

Plant my body (freeze my soul)

So that a tree grows from my chest (that I feed a new life ).

Subtext, context, wisdom,

I sometimes feel so dead-alive.

Should we live so long (as young-old men do)

That the earlier me has become a total stranger?

Naivete and ideals,

All spoiled by the reality of experience (spilled blood and worms).

The diversity of complexity,

The blurring black lines in older weaker eyes.

Should I live (and have new children)

Plant my seed in a new generation,

So that a tree grows from my chest.

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OR

 

There was a young man from Dundee,

From whom all life did flee,

He thought being cremated,

A bit over-rated,

As he'd rather end up as a tree.

 

sorry - it is the best I can offer right now!

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