I Am a Tree

I am a tree - I show my age when I don't cry

I have the leaves that will fall off when wind blows by

Don't strip off my bark - I have been stripped of it before

Yesterday's gone and tomorrow has so much more in storeYou are a bird - you're taking off in every way

Say the last word until there is nothing more to sayDon't interrupt - you know the squirrels are my friends

Get off my limb - for I will break before I bendI'm planning to see

I'm planning to feel you all over me

So climb up my trunk and build on your nest

Come and get the sap out if me

I am a tree!

Fruitless and free!

No symmetry!

Touch me and see!