Ballade of The Lone Tree

Ballade of The Lone Tree by Jack A.S. Dunce From the first time I took root into the ground And my shoot broke out to feel warmth of day I have seen infinite Suns cross west bound From dawn to dusk, light's colors in display At night, the Moons with their cabriolet A lesson on the beauty of contrast A sight that always carries me away For centuries I stood, a witness to time past I was here when my friends were still abound But man has used my kind as mere parquet A locust swarm that lay waste all around A specie that to nature is astray Their arrogance is but their naivete This will be the undoing that they cast From their hands will come forth their own decay For centuries I stood, a witness to time past I have felt the increasing warmth around The weather hurtling into sheer disarray The deluge of rains that left many drowned Sea water inching its way up the bay But deaf and blind, proud man persists to play To all of nature's warning that have passed I feel a reckoning is on its way For centuries I stood, a witness to time past ENVOI. Man, I implore you to heed what I say Change your ways, or your end, I forecast You must act today and without delay For centuries I stood, a witness to time past ©️pgmr