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Book 19 Page 24
When you see a tree
When you see a tree
do you wish that you could climb it?
When you see a tree
do you think that you should sign it?
Do you feel it is your territory,
like a dog marking it’s scent?
Do you use the trees as a memory marker
to know which way you went?
Or do you just pass on by,
not giving them a second glance?
When you see a tree
are you filled with nature’s romance.
Or do you see a tree,
as just a pile of wood,
and when you think this way,
do you think you really should?
Do you say “hello, good morning tree,”
and converse with it’s tree-e nature?
Or when you see a tree
do you tend to think of paper?
Do you look at all its leaves,
a swaying in the breeze?
Does this ‘tree someone’
make you feel at ease?
I ask you,
when you see a tree
as you pass them in the street,
do they catch your eyes attention,
or do you pass them ‘half asleep.’
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