Giving Tree

By Trevor Barton
Giving hands support a tree. Photo courtesy art4all/shutterstock.com
Jun 10, 2013
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If I were a tree

     I would like to be

          A giving tree.

Leaves a peaceful green,

     Birds could sit and sing,

          Children laugh and swing

                Upon my branches.

 

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Giving hands support a tree. Photo courtesy art4all/shutterstock.com