Little Inklings 2022

THE TREE There it stands Trunk larger than an elephant’s Bark more telling than a dog’s Providing home for the homeless And shade for the hot Tall and proudly it stands It provides fruit for the hungry And protection for the defenseless An enduring guardian of the ground beneath its feet But we make it feel unworthy Every hit to the wood And it stands a little less proudly The ignorance continues Until there is nothing left to hit They move from tree to tree Like a disease Hit, chop, fall, and to the next Hit, chop, fall, and to the next ZARAH KHAN RIZVI ❜ 27 48