Trees are really not your friends,
from their roots up to their ends.
They like both the earth and sky.
But you, human, aren’t their guy.
They’ve seen you climb up their limbs,
abuse them like jungle gyms.
They’ve seen severed branches used
for club houses. Not amused !
They’ve suffered ropes for hammocks, swings,
and many more dastardly things.
They’ve been turned into toothpicks
and paperized, it seems, for kicks.
It’s no wonder they shed leaves.
That’s the way a sad one grieves.
They’ve been known in a good breeze
to fall upon their enemies.
Remember, trees are living things
and you are not their queens and kings.
So, when walking in the woods,
keep your damn hands off the goods.