Oh Tree Poem by James Dylan

We need your breath
We need you for life
You make the pen worthwhile
We need to write
We need music
You supply the substance
Oh tree
When you burn so bright
You take so many houses and lives
Oh tree
You are death and life

You were in the Garden of Eden
Providing Eve with the apple
That made death a reality
You held the key to eternal life

You shaded the Buddha
While he reached nirvana
You hanged the lord and saviour
While he cried to Abba

You held the rope
While Judas cleansed himself
From thirty pieces
Of wretched silver

You were once again in a garden
And redeemed knowledge
This time dropping an apple
On a purer soul

You opened his eyes
To permitted knowledge
Gladly revealed
By the Lord

You were there in the park
For a first kiss
You were in the cemetery
To bury a friend

You will be there when I die
And will I see you
In the middle of heaven
Providing eternal life