born from seed
blessed by light
years of risk
left behind
so then a home
for bird and beast
a climbing gym
for raucous youth
for many years
it spreads its gifts
cleaning air
dropping food
decades hence
disease took hold
its mighty form
gray and bare
yet still a loft
for hawks and owls
until its trunk
began to fail
and now its wood
decays to earth
a source of food
for newborn trees
