100 years

Ring by ring

The years grow

Through drought, through rain, through famine

Piece by piece

The time ticks by

A bit added on each time

On and on

The years coalesce

Each year added on

Hundreds of years

One by one

Sprouting, growing, stirring, blooming

Scars in history

A unique story

A history, a record

A hundred years collected, then...

A hundred years falling

To the buzz of the chainsaw

To crash onto the forest floor

A tree cut... a hundred years no more