If We Were Trees

If we were trees, there would be no wars, but silence in the forest. Drones would not be there, but only birds. If we were trees, there would be no births of children, no one to record in the fifty thousand books. Schools would not exist, or churches, or that house beside the brook. If we were trees, Jesus would not have come down to save us, and a tree would not have turned to be a saddened cross. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inspired by "If there were no trees, there'd be no more wars", from the "Non-existent Existentialist Memes" website. 2/20/2017 Contest - Your best poem in the last year Sponsor - Silent One 1st place win