Although it knew that its closest friend was old and it was time for him to die, it couldn’t quite control itself.
The pine tree pined for its dried up and dead neighbor.
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This post is written for the Write at the Merge, Week 43 prompt where the post had to be written using “pine” either as a noun or a verb, and just for fun I wrote a post using the word both ways.
Mahabore's Mumblings 
Absolutely fab capture of the Pine tree. But, it’s so sad that it is dying but good of you to spread awareness.
They’re all dying….are’nt they?
@Kajal, oh yes they are 😦
So sad. But true.
@Vidya, isn’t it 😦
Beautiful capture….but sadly this is happening! 😦