For a century or more this was your place, standing proud in this mystical space.
A star of screen, a favourite stop on the map, known throughout the world as Sycamore Gap.
A cowardly act, a senseless crime, an attack on nature, cut down in your prime.
Disbelief and shock both far and wide, your presence no more in the countryside.
A solitary stump where you once grew, by Hadrian’s Wall, built to control and subdue.
There’s a glimmer of hope that once more you will reign from cultivated seedlings giving life once again.
Generations to come will enjoy your presence once more, captivating the nation like you did before.
This should get coverage in the north east