Banyan Tree
Once upon a century
Great Grammie plants a banyan tree
Its branches then were tall as you and me
Birds above and roots below
We gave it love and watched it grow
And there it stood till 2023
Oh the canopy of shade
The grasses where we played
The mynas on parade
Oh their song would fill the air
In awe we'd stop and stare
And find sanctuary in, the, rain
The winds came rushing down the ridge
Rattled fences, bent the bridge
Shook the shingles, ripped them from the roof
Bending, breaking, crashing down
Branches fell and cracked the ground
Myna birds evicted from their roosts
Oh, the splinters in our eyes
Unready for goodbyes
Now open are the skies
Oh, the empty corner calls
The gentle giant falls
The silence and the sighs
Yesterday a tree
Now it's just debris
They're hauling her away
Oh it's natural to cling
Feels inadequate to sing
Nothing we could do would make her stay
Blinking tears, mourn we must
Shrinking fears, stardust to dust
The substance shifts but nothing ever leaves
Watching her we learned to grow
Her body's gone but still we know
Her mana and our future is a seed
Oh, the forest or the trees
The chorus of the leaves
They breathe within our speech
The mynahs haven't lost their voice
Our view is still a choice
We can reconnect if we just reach
Great Grammie plants a banyan tree
Its branches then were tall as you and me
Birds above and roots below
We gave it love and watched it grow
And there it stood till 2023
Oh the canopy of shade
The grasses where we played
The mynas on parade
Oh their song would fill the air
In awe we'd stop and stare
And find sanctuary in, the, rain
The winds came rushing down the ridge
Rattled fences, bent the bridge
Shook the shingles, ripped them from the roof
Bending, breaking, crashing down
Branches fell and cracked the ground
Myna birds evicted from their roosts
Oh, the splinters in our eyes
Unready for goodbyes
Now open are the skies
Oh, the empty corner calls
The gentle giant falls
The silence and the sighs
Yesterday a tree
Now it's just debris
They're hauling her away
Oh it's natural to cling
Feels inadequate to sing
Nothing we could do would make her stay
Blinking tears, mourn we must
Shrinking fears, stardust to dust
The substance shifts but nothing ever leaves
Watching her we learned to grow
Her body's gone but still we know
Her mana and our future is a seed
Oh, the forest or the trees
The chorus of the leaves
They breathe within our speech
The mynahs haven't lost their voice
Our view is still a choice
We can reconnect if we just reach
Credits
Writer(s): Benjamin Stuart Fairfield
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