Tree Of Truth

It took twenty one hours
For a small seed
To sprout.

It took several days
For that small sprout to grow
Into a sweet sapling.

It took numerous months
For that sweet sapling to
Evolve in to a great tree.

For countless years
Did that great tree
Embrace the rejected rabbits.

For countless years
Did she nourish
The baby butterflies.

For countless years
Did she speak for
The silent sparrows.

For countless years
She protected
Her forest folk
And like a mother
She did love them all.

Then came one man
And in one afternoon
Did he wipe out
Her entire existence.