Immortal And Beyond

So many happy days spent,
So many seasons watched
when i used to live,
in the place humans called, a forest

born out of a single seed,
i was the first to bloom,
and amongst my many siblings,
i lived happily .

Bore many a fruit, drawing children into my warmth,
helping them to hide while play,
sheltering many weary travelers,
growing with pride during those days.

stopped many a flood,

braved many a storm

housed within me sweet twittering birds,

and cute nibbling squirrels.

time went on,
filled with happiness was I,
when I was named "The Oldest Tree",
and I lived on serving them all, until ......

I noticed a change of priorities in men,
in need of space they chopped down my kith,
but my feeling of being superior,
made me think of them as harmless.

But one day, awoken by a loud 'whirr'
my worst fears became reality,
OHH!!! SUCH PAIN,
feeling my body being CHOPPED MERCILESSLY!!

I cried inside thinking,
WHY, OHH WHY!! hadn't God -
given us the power to speak,
to cry, to reason, to plead.

to defend ourselves, we do not know,
to run, we do not know,
to shelter ourselves, we do not know,
why weren't we blessed with such powers.

while the foolish, selfish men,
use theirs to destroy us.
why didn't we even get,
the power to atleast defend ourselves!!!

But, all of a sudden these thoughts stopped,
and as I felt myself falling,
being torn away from mother Earth,
I took my last breath and mustered all my energy.

pictured all those beautiful memories in a moment,
those children, those lovely birds,
those wonderful passing seasons experienced,
and cherishing them, I died, with so much to leave behind.

but even now, I live on,
as memories in them, my children,
Every form of life which I housed,

And now no man can ever destroy me.... I won over after all