Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT WE MAY LEAVE BEHIND, by CHARLES L. ERICKSON


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WHAT WE MAY LEAVE BEHIND, by                    
First Line: When I was just a little boy
Last Line: It is just an apple tree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Erickson, C. L.
Subject(s): Legacies


When I was just a little boy,
More than fifty years ago,
I planted here an apple tree
And hoped that it would grow.
But little did I think
That when fifty years had passed away,
Of its rich fruit I would drink.

We do not know, we cannot tell
What we may leave behind.
We have a chance to do some good
While fate to us is kind.
In after years, some one may say,
"Who planted there that tree?"
But I will not be here to tell them
It was planted there by me.

For I will be gone; but still that tree
Rich fruit it then may bear;
And those who come and see that tree
Of its rich fruit may share.
I am glad that I have left something
To make you think of me.
It does not seem to be a lot --
It is just an apple tree.





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