We were the trees

We were the trees

Sturdy on the land

We gave life to one another

We lived hand in hand

The core of us the tree trunks

Arms embracing, leaves

We danced together in the wind

Now no one believes

That we could get along

Some were elm and others spruce

How we could love each other

You can’t, what's not like you

And before the sunless winter

Before we even lost our leaves

They cut us down with axes

Now, all of nature grieves

We were the trees of America

Colonizers were the fire

And while we were all burning

We were called the liars

You tore us down and burnt us

And covered us in trash

You say “look what we have created”

As you proudly point to ash