If I Were A Tree

if I were a tree, how would I be?

someone tell me!

would I cling to my bark that holds me so strong,

with leafbuds so tall, thru' the stiffest of storms,

I wouldn't fall?

would I sit thru' a bluster,

so steadfast and true,

with sapwood so deep,

thru' excessive distress,

I wouldn't weep?

would I reach to the sky,

and never look down,

with branches so high,

thru' the most menacing wound,

I wouldn't die?

would I hasten to grow,

as long as I live,

with stems from a flower,

over the myriad of plantlife,

I would tower?

would I be so peculiar,

than pine, birch, and elm,

and cypress and others,

that bear fruit, while never

disturbing another?

would I hold to my earth,

from death until birth,

with my spirit's release,

thru' the most evil of quest,

be existing in peace?

would I ask of the world,

as a creature of God,

'by the land and the sea,

thru' your life hear on earth.

if you were a tree,

would you be like me?