Stop
Before you crush my leaves

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Stop
Before you twist my branch

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Stop
Before you strip my bark

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Stop
Before you cut me down

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I am only
A tree

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One that is strong
But not unbreakable

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One that is rooted
In effort, adaptability

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Let me bloom.
Trim the dead foliage.

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Do not let me drown
Do not let me burn by the sun

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Do not let me
Fall

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My caretaker,
You are not rooted-

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Deeply
Or strongly

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Your leaves sway
With the changing wind

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Your branches
Twist with others

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Your bark
Is brittle and chipped

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You may never get cut down
But-
You will fall

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This stops here.
May you be planted somewhere new

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Take only yourself
And your pride that

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You are a tree,
Nonetheless

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That you are only
A tree