Arms stretched..to the sky

woodpeckers nibbling at my thigh



My hair of green

to shroud you from heat



The powers that be

make sure i've water to drink



Storms will rip me from the ground

wind through my hair...makes a beautiful sound



I will color my hair..in a new season

you will come to stare...for this reason



I stand with many

for hundreds of years

you chop me down..and nobody cares





Lightning has killed me...many times

when you were a child...you would often climb



Now i must go...you killed me so

i can not continue...unable to grow



You cut me up and built a place to live

together forever...i gave all i can give......