If I were a tree

If I were a tree

I would shelter you from

this scorching life

I would filter the sunlight on a summer noon

and pour on you the rainbow's flamboyance

When you felt like pouring your heart out

on a lonely autumn noon

I would lend you my patient ear

I wouldn't judge you when you would come to me, tired and crestfallen

after a long day

I would give you and your friends shelter on a stormy night

I would extend my branches for you to climb and hop on your picnic day

I won't be angry when you tear off my leaves for your leaf art

In life's tumultuous journey you will always find me waiting for you while people move on ...

At the end of a murky day I will help you sleep in my lap

till morning arrives wrapped in a new sunshine.