Because I Planted a Tree

 What did I plant because I planted a tree?

A thousand things that we daily see;

I planted the ships that cross the sea,

And the shade from the hot sun free.

I planted the buildings big and small,

The rubber tires and the rubber ball;

I planted a home for birds and insects to rest,

A shelter for wild animals in the forest.

I planted pieces of furniture ,elegant and durable,

To fill the hall up to the wall ;

Living ornaments that make the world beautiful,

And paper books with pictures so colorful.

I planted windbreaks that disrupt the gale,

And wooden wheels that rattle on the trail;

I planted nature's hands that grip the soil fast,

Preventing erosion when flood is in full blast.

So, too the natural siphons that hold surface water,

And save the earth from getting drier;

 All these,I did and I say proudly,

Only because I planted a tree !