The Tree Outside

There is a tree outside my house.

They cut it when it grows.

I guess that's what human nature is,

it destroys what it sows.

There is a tree outside my house.

They cut it when it grows.

It's the human condition, they say.

it destroys what can grow.

There was a tree outside my house.

It fell the other day.

Its roots collapsed, it was hollow inside.

It was a human being, they say.