For the one that was razed down almost an year ago. Sorry i couldn't do much.

When I think of that day

Tears well up in me

I try not to

But I weep.

How did I wrong you,

I ask.

Why did you do it,

I prod.

Did you not think,

For even a moment, how

I would feel.

The task wasn’t easy,

Even for you,

Oh Mighty Man!

It took great effort.

Days went by when

Pieces of me you tore down.

Had’t you heard of

Mercy? Were you not

Capable of some?

Why did you have to

Pull me down the way you did.

Bit by bit,

Branch by branch,

One portion after another.

I did put up a fight,

Or so you must have thought;

I didn’t really mean to

It was just nature,

For I had lived

A life so long

you could never imagine.

Many summers I have seen

many an autumn too.

Winters I have won over,

Awaiting the promise

of a vibrant new spring.

Sadly, all that you will

Neither know nor comprehend.

With every strike of the axe,

I bled, I ached.

Every stab denuded me

Of my arms, my limbs

I cannot forget even one cut,

One blow. You attempted to

Suck out my life. And you did so.

But my soul lives on.

My spirit you couldn’t even touch,

Oh Mighty Man!

My roots run deep,

Deeper than you think.

You may have

finished me for now,

but I will grow back

‘tis nature. Decades will

Sweep by until I gain

My erstwhile stature.

Do not stop me then

Or Gaia’s wrath you will face.

Not every time will mother nature

Shower her blessings.

Her rage will destroy you.

I pray, shun me not

From the planet earth,

Take heed for I give you life

Value me for what I am

‘cause I am more than just

A mere tree.