TREE...

I saw a tree once,
The most beautiful of its kind;
It stood firm;
It stood tall;
It's magnificent branches
reached out to the heavens,
It's enormous roots
seemed to suck life out of the earth itself;
But yet all around it life blossomed,
from the flowers to the grass,
shrubs and even crawlers,
In the wind was the buzzing of the honey bees
and singing birds,
Its gigantic shade brought a heavenly coolness;
and a spiritual healing in the falling leaves;
I sought its comfort even in the gloom of winter;
For it knew something that I did not;
It was to stand firm no matter what was thrown your way.