Plant A Tree

In support of the Friends Of The Earth initiative to double the tree coverage

in the UK

plant a tree 

let it grow

shade in the cool

under its branches

listen to the birds

singing among its leaves

plant a tree

let it’s foliage

absorb the poison

of CFCs

exhale oxygen 

so we can breathe

plant a tree 

let its roots

hold fast onto the soil

in case it blows to the wind

and we starve

plant a tree 

to remember 

a friend

a connection

to the earth

plant a tree

so we can see

its roots bind us

to the one

of eternity

plant a tree

to see a sustainable future

from an expanding forest’s panoply