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To Be a Tree

by Micah Ball

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For Roland.

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shockingly, it seems to me, my friend
that your time on this planet has come quickly to an end
and there’s probably no heaven, on that we did agree
but maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll get to be a tree

and your leaves will blow in the breeze
and you’ll live among the butterflies and bees
and though you stand rooted, you’ll always be so free
i can hardly think of anything better than to be a tree

when all that’s left are ashes in an urn
the fire in our hearts will forever burn
we’ll scatter you to nature, and there will you be
and maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll get to be a tree

and you’ll see the winter and the spring
when summer comes, you’ll grow another ring
and though you stand rooted, you’ll always be so free
i can hardly think of anything better than to be a tree

those majestic mountains in which you liked to roam
into uncertain futures, may get to be your home
as we roll past your towering form, i think you will agree
that there’s nothing quite as contemplative, than to be a tree

and your leaves will blow in the breeze
and you’ll live among the butterflies and bees
and though you stand rooted, you’ll always be so free
i can hardly think of anything better than to be a tree

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released June 13, 2015
Photo: Nathan Pfeifer

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