Farewell Cedars

In the aftermath of the storm,

I couldn’t find my way home;

Old friends I’d known,

Were gone.

They stood tall and they stood strong,

Until that Nor’easter* blew them down;

To see them humbled on my lawn,

I sing a waxwing’s sad song.

~by

 

Doug Macomber

* winter storm ‘Riley’ 3/2/18