urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howard57 howard57 howard57 2007-08-23T17:51:50Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howard57:730 2007-08-23T17:51:50Z 2007-08-23T17:51:50Z <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><font size="4">The Gnarled Fir Tree<br /></font></strong><font size="3">Walking in the woods I did see,<br />The bent trunk of the gnarled fir tree.<br />Once you were so strong and straight,<br />You looked up to the sky with strength.<br />You are now gnarled and twisted by life,<br />Having lived through the struggle and the strife.\<br />But still you carry on each day,<br />An example to show me the way.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p>