up a tree


i have issues 
with kids
 who climb trees

 trees are alive 
climbing
 grabbing onto limbs
 swinging
 pulling one self up

 it looks great 

but 
i worry
 about the tree

 how many times
 have you seen 
someone
 walking in a park
 grab
 a branch
yank or break it off 

 i wonder
 how those people
 would feel 
if someone 
pulled
 their arm or leg or hair 

 yes
 i am a tree hugger 

wanna make something of it?