I’m born from seed within the earth, <br />That’s watered by the sky; <br />And once the sun bathed me with heat, <br />Lo! I’m a seedling made. <br /> <br />I drink by roots that prop like feet, <br />And breathe through leafy pores; <br />I cook my food in green ‘kitchens’; <br />God’s love helps me to grow. <br /> <br />And I can feel like any man; <br />I give all - breeze and shade; <br />I give myself to men and beasts; <br />Why then, they destroy me? <br /> <br />May be, like men I can’t reason, <br />But I can never sin; <br />I am a dumb creature of God; <br />A soul, He never gave! <br /> <br />But I don’t fight and I can’t kill, <br />And I don’t steal, tell lies; <br />I do my duty as God bids; <br />I’ll praise Him on ‘LAST DAY’! <br /> <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes <br />12-25-2004<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tree-speaks-out/
