Trees Poem by Prafulla Kumar Panda

Trees are what
we need to worship
as beings, holy and divine
as pure as a cup of wine
or as our intimate friendship
with known or with the adorable kinship

their beauty and bounty
we can't bypass
as untiringly they stand
to save the mass

with fruits to eat
and a suit to wear
a shade to sit
or with a toast of cheer

with oxygen to breathe
when our emotions seethe
and we sit to knit
relationship to befit
into the evening air
as we cheer with cans of beer

with flowers for every season
and a swarm of buzzing bees
what trees for us bring in
are not these sufficient reasons
to plant and protect them
for today, or for days to come?

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