Time

Before they knew it

The leylandia had grown to full maturity

Disease set in and

Their lives were trimmed

Before they knew it

The replacement cryptomeria

Grew in inches

Then feet then yards and

Before they knew it

The children were grown

And gone

And a grand or two had arrived

Before they knew it

The countdown was on

With days as quick

As an eyelid flutter

And before they knew it

It was the end