Four beech sisters

Until a couple of years back there were five beech sisters standing on a promontory of open ancient woodland between two fingers of boggy stream. Standing so close to one and other, in relative isolation, they were quite a feature, then one storm the sister most exposed on the edge of the slope, was slighted. Now, the four remaining sister beeches form a tight square symmetry, to remain a feature in the woods, just a different one. If anything, a more striking and enigmatic one. Four holds some significant importance too: the four seasons, the four cardinal points (I must check the trees orientation), the four elements, or the four cross quarter days, to name a few.  It's a place that has presence. I've always passed through, I think though maybe I should stop for a while sometimes, take time to take things in. I do wonder though, if over time and so closely anchored, a battle royale of endurance will develop, or maybe their intimacy will bind them in strength and immovable tenacity.  That's a long game, mind, and will take many many years to resolve. In the meantime, a quartet of fine beeches.