Little pinecone

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little pinecone,
waiting for the spring,
hoping to bask in the sunshine,
and not lie buried in another snowfall.

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little pinecone,
watch the world above,
see the faint northern lights,
play through the branches of the forest.

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little pinecone,
but only for a while,
next year you'll be a sapling,
and one day the tallest tree in the land.

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Photo&text: Derek McKay-Bukowski; SGO, March 2011.