Prayer of Trees

Three friends they stood in the forest Each dreaming each wishing To be what it desired most The first tree prayed Dear Lord if you only made me A beautiful vessel To keep precious gifts alone I would be contented with my life The second tree lifted his branches Worshiped and prayed Lord If you only made out of a great boat To carry kings and great princes of the world The third tree prayed Dear Lord If you only let me stand on a high hill So that each person that looked at me gave you glory The lord answers every prayer even that of trees The first tree met its first woes As it was cut shaped into a manger For cows to enjoy salt from The tree was sad And complained to God I never asked for this But one day a man and woman lay there child in this manger after failing to get a home for this great son And the tree smiled when it felt The second tree cried When it was molded into a fisherman's boat Each day and night this boat wet sad One day like that day when mandela got out of prison The storm caught up the sea The boat was excited that all these nothings are going to perish Until one sleeping man woke up stretched his arm to the seas and they calmed down Did the tree realize The king of kings had traveled In its boat The third tree was unfortunate Its wish of staying on one hill was shattered when this careless man cut it down shaped it into some nothing That was put on a tired bleeding man who wasn't strong enough to carry it all through As the tree smelt blood all over it cried And cursed God It was carried to another hill where the bleeding man was nailed As he shouted it is finished Joy covered the tree As it discovered that who ever looks to it Their sins are forgiven Their lives changed And God glorified