Growing Up

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A tree asked me “Wondered what does it take to grow?”

A seed,a little rain and some sunlight is all what I know

With a baffle of smile he spoke his heart when I said so

To ask again “Heard of flood and famine,all that woe?”

I looked at the soil beneath my feet, a drop untouched

I looked at the sky for a cloud, scorched and clutched

When I found a poor bird on its branch tightly perched

She came flying, for a small nest is what she searched

With a love so unbound the tree then into its home grew

Over seasons of life, over all those rainstorms that blew

Only to teach to give a part of self is to spring up anew

But alas we men who can grow up like that are only few

-R-