This Tree Won’t Die

Why do people who visit My Big Sur

And count my rings wonder how without fear

I reached five hundred feet up

Over five hundred years?

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I know the poison to man I breathe in

Has given the Breath of Life to man

This whole time; so I create man’s sky,

But the Sun creates my growth this high.

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The water and soil from which I feed

Are full of hydrogen and oxygen man also needs;

From my outgoing breath created from my

Drinking each day H2O for around 4 billion years.

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But man is always on the run

Amazed I am fine just standing still,

And have my fun at one with the Sun

And the Sun and I know death is a lie

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This Tree Won’t Die

This Tree Never Dies

This Tree Never Cries

This Tree Always Flies

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Like the Bird with the Wind

I bend It’s Way and It’s Way is Mine

This Tree is Fine

This Tree is Sky

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I Dig my roots deep with plenty

Of CO2, soil, water and Sun;

No matter how many branches man fixes

The root will die without these three mixes

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If man can stop running from his

Fear of Death which is always near,

He could like me live 150 years

Before he breathes his last breath.

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This Tree Won’t Die

This Tree Won’t Die

Because IT IS SO is Why

This Tree Will Never Die!

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