Grounded

I once saw a man chain himself to a tree And said he wouldn’t leave until the tree Recognized who he was The tree didn’t want him there Because he didn’t like him And knew they could never be friends He was hurt and took His chain home And was alone again He believed his words Had purpose And he felt alive But it meant nothing Because the tree didn’t like him And he became desperate The tree didn’t care About the matters of death And the pursuit of life The tree felt alive Because he was alive And had no meaning to cause Because when the sun shines He feels like an old friend Reaches out to him And his soul soars When the wind Blows through his leaves He knew the man was desperate And wanted to let him die The way he wanted to die Like some love affair That can give no more And knowing its over The time to fight was no more Because there was nothing to fight for, And once again he sat in his room alone, and stared out the window.