The Forgotten Tree

Blessed are those with the life of a tree For they hold life within the nests of birds There leaves will shelter us from the sun And when the raindrops drop from heaven They bring smiles each Christmas year There beaches have held many tree houses With tire swings swinging bringing laughter A place where owls can hoot at night Trees will grow fruit even if it’s forbidden There wood will bring us warmth with a fire Colors will change when fall arrives Leaves dropping with trash bags filling The life of a tree is sometimes forgotten How much a trees life brings life to us Without them no oranges or apples inhaling carbon and exhaling our oxygen Roads of concrete have replaced them Towering buildings producing no life Cutting them down creating paper money Blinded by the bright lights from our cites We now live in a world of metal and steel Killing ourselves with the cars we created No longer at peace with thieves at our doors Alone I want to be in a forest of trees