Redbud tree knows

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Redbud tree knows 

Blooming redbud tree knows

Is the redbud tree wise?

She stands on guard always

Morning and afternoon

Day and night, all she sees 

By the roadside she's seen

Both injury and death

Timid drivers are some

Others elderly be

Teenagers at the wheel 

With ears no human knows

She hears secrets untold

Gossip flows--couples walk

Anger and disrespect

Things we don't want to know 

On this tree weather's hard

Snow on these blossoms pink

No complaining we hear

She tells not what she sees

Spring's delight for our eyes

Is the redbud tree wise?

Really doesn't matter

We love her anyway

Beautiful tree we see

Her beauty will prevail

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