Ode to the tree 

Whose life we may reflect 

Its wisdom bare to see 

To learn in retrospect 

Its roots give strength to earth 

They travel everywhere 

In search of food to birth 

For strength to hold its share 

And from its roots there stands 

Full height before thine eyes 

We lean against its countenance 

Absorb a nature's pride 

With delicate decision 

Arms reach with peaceful airs 

To touch the sky of heaven 

And carry the fruit it bears 

Ah!  The Tree, a tree 

Beauty grace my life 

For you whom I would be 

In death I would not cry