Tree Philosophy

I walked down the tiny path

A path that weaved down into an abyssal sheath

Covered on either side of the breadth

I could feel the trees breathe

I felt one and the same,

I am a tree, a tree I am

I felt the wisdom of the tree come

I am a live, for the tree same

Oh, the powerful mkhonge tree

Swaying its branches announcing it's free

I was send into a random thought spree

As I listened to the whispers of the Oak tree

See, life is life; all should know that

For us trees, life is all that

We care not about hustle and strife

Because our existence is only about life

Silently, the roots anchor and search

Quietly the branches extend and reach

Efficiently the leaves suck the sun and breathe

Insidiously, through unique and special we create

We go up and sway in the breezy winds

In gales of storms we find strength in numbers

We have never cared about the straights

In in the face of others we coil into one canopy of curls

The monkeys come, they eat and defecate

We turn their excretes into food for another day

The goats come, feed and urinate

We turn the urine into food for another day

Look, even man comes

We are man's best friend by all reasons

How we purify air and provide for the rains

Look he finds shed when the sun furiously shines

It does not matter what a creature does

We shall not fret or fill the air with cries

It does not matter when a member of our body leaves

We are just here, all that matters is our lives

Look oh human life, tree life is life

It matters to have well anchored roots

As long as roots are anchored in firm truths

You can live and let others have their life

As long as the leaves can sprout

The insects and birds can come and burrow a home

Let man come and carry branches for his house

As long as roots are not uprooted