#86 Age - This Tree

It's 1900, and the seed, carried by the wind from its parent, finally finds a home in the soil and take route.



It's 1901, Queen Victoria has just died.

The British empire spans most of the globe.

The first Nobel prize is awarded.

The tree is one years old, and not very tall.



It's 1914, World War is declared.

The entirety of the world is up in arms.

Humanity gambles with its own extinction for the first time

The tree is 14 years old, and the tree has leaves.



It's 1945, The second World War is ended

Humanity enters a cold war of fear

A global mindset is present in all

And the tree is nearly a half century old.



It's 1969, Humanity lands on the moon

It reaches up above the sky

And climbs even higher

The tree is 69 years old, and has just climbed above the canopy.



It's 2000, Humanity celebrates a Millennium

Celebrates surviving y2k, a bug of it's own design

And celebrates the advances of a century

The tree is 100 years old, and still standing tall



It's 2014. A young boy comes across a tree among many

The tree was here before him, and will be here after him

The world has moved fast around it

But, just for now, this part of humanity stops to rest with the tree.

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