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With No One Near

Photo credit: Aaron Burden Unsplash

Once more:

If a tree falls onto some far-off forest floor

when there isn't anyone around;

If there is no one near enough to hear,

would its lonesome falling make a sound?

Suppose, as it lay dying on the ground,

our fallen tree emits some final sigh or moan,

Though these emissions agitate the air,

they never enter or resound in any ear;

Then would they have ever made a sound?

My response to this issue may not be profound,

since I merely voice an age-old fear:

No one should ever have to die alone,

with no one near enough to care.

No more.

 

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