Thoughts from a Tree I Spoke With

You?
You were born.
You will grow.
You will change.
You will die.

What matters?
How you grow yourself.
How you change within.
How you dig your roots.
How you place your branches.

What about tonight?
Tonight does not matter.
This year does not matter.
This decade matters.
Your lifetime matters.

You only change yourself.
Just grow into a pretty tree.
Our effect will only be
In what it is we live.

All of us are painters.
One lifetime do we paint.
All I want to see:
What painting will yours be?