In Memory Of A Tree That Grew

If you were a tree
with your branches reaching

up to the  sky .
and your roots digging deeper

into the soil as time goes by ,

you would start to admire

the miracle of life around you

and this wonderful life would be

the only thing you knew .

If you were a tree that was cut down

and sawn up to become

a chair or a table

or the frame of a house for someone,

then you would see

how abusive people can be

to a tree and how we have

polluted the air

and the land and the sea .