The Trees Cry

A tree stood silent, motionless and still, Enhancing the beauty on top of this hill. Timber is heard as the axes fly, I thought that I heard this tree cry. It wasn’t hurting anything, just soaking up sun. That was the day the developer was to come. They tied little ribbons on the ones to go. The trees start to shake as the wind blows. One by one all the mighty trees fall, Crashing to the ground across a stone wall. They say this is progress and it must be. Did anyone stop to ask the tree? Years go by and some new trees grow. I wonder to myself will these have to go? I look up and watch the leaves dance in the air, A green canopy under a sky that is fair. It’s a cycle of life but I still wonder, Is there any sense to all this plunder? The tree I once knew now has to die, I drift to the day I heard the tree cry.