A Tree

Look how strongly a tree stands

Roots, determined in search of streams

Branches, holding in the wind, in the freeze

A survivor through all season’s extremes

Look how its trunk holds with grace

embracing the soil and the sky

It’s shade, a refuge for all the living

Resilience is its foundation in every case

To be a warrior is its family tradition

The life it gives through its veins,

So, its children can be, and its ancestors can return

A survivalist by nature, by every definition