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Jonathan's Tree

Plant me with care in a place close to you,


Let the earths warm bosom cleave to my roots..
Give me water and love and attention each day.
Keep me safe from the storms and dangers away.
Teach me to grow...... straight and tall.
ble and ready for the world and its call.
Prune my limbs gently with a disciplined hand!
dd love and comfort and teach me to stand.
" would that you raised me as a #agship to shine,
$n the lawn of your heart with the passing of time.
Give me, $h %aster, what you gave to him.
home and a family and &nowlege of 'im.
rearing in love and permission to grow,
To be what " can and to trust what " &now!
To ma&e you proud each and every day!
To honor and cherish him in my own way.
hand that is gentle and guiding and (rm,
To help me be strong, be honest and learn.
To ma&e me a vessel tested and true,
)orthy of honor, compassionate all through.
To give all when needed without ever a fuss,
friend in need and con(dante to trust.
To be reliable and honorable and compassionate too.
ll these things you gave him.......now " as& them of you.
Give me,if you will, the same things as he,
s he is a hero and " but a tree.
*e proud and well pleased in the man he became,
without ever a blemish on character or name.
" would that you love me as you still love him
)ithout condition or reason a love without end.
" pledge to repay in ways that " can.
*eing faithful to grow with the help of your hand.
Let me, be a memorial for the loved one since passed!
Let my presence be a reminder as " stand on the grass.
Let " be the voice for the world to hear!
That someone so special once stood right here.
Let me in the springtime shout to the crowds!
That he was +ust here and you are still proud.
)rap me in ribbons and bobbles and bows,
,emind them at -aster, it was him that 'e chose.
Lay the lights of 'is presence on me .hristmas /ay!
Knowing " am proud to be 'is 0 and his1 in a way.
'is legacy my vestige and your love my cloa&,
'is memory present in each inch " grow.
Let the stars in the s&y be a testament to,
the special someone we all loo&ed up to.
" am no substitute for the one that you've lost,
" am but a tree, not (t for 'is cross.
*ut " would be used, in ways that " can!
reminder each day of a (ne young man.
" will stand tall and evergreen true!
nd be here day after day to watch over you.
" hope you consider as you plant me this day,
That "'m but a tree and have not a name.
"f " had a wish and that wish would come true,
" would wish it from heaven and recieve it from you.
.all me, oh %aster, if " but dare as&,
name so precious and a song since passed.
Give me his name and if "'m not too bold,
.all me Jonathon's tree and his light "'ll hold.
Grant it dear one, and " will re+oice.
2or "'m but a tree, " have no real voice.
Gwendolyn %cintyre
)ritten for Karen and Jerry %cintyre June 3455
6 Gwendolyn %c"ntyre 3455

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