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Life or Death, Your Choice
I am a bird.
 
 
  I am a tree.
 I am uncatchable.
 
 
  I could get caught and 
 
 
  cut down at any given
 
 
  moment.
 I feel unstoppable as
 my wings flap through the 
 bright blue, cloud-filled
 sky.
 
 
  I am rooted into the 
 
 
  earth as the wind hits
 
 
  my leaves and branches
 
 
  bringing a nice calm
 
 
  breeze.
 You shoot me just 
 because you think
 you can, and i'm not
 so uncatchable now;
 but did you know  that
 I have a family?
 
 
 You cut me down and use
 
 
 me for firewood, but did
 
 
 you know that you're just
 
 
 giving the earth less
 
 
 oxygen?
 my babies have
 no one now.
 
 
 Now you have no shade and
 
 
 your planet is dying.
 I am the last bird
 on this planet.
 
     I am the last tree on this
 
     planet.
 kill me, and there
 won't be any birds
 left.
 
 
 Kill me, and you'll die 
 
 
 along with your planet.

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