Globus Hystericus

What says the tree to his friends the rocks?
 When he lives and breathes and they sit and mock
 And he grows strong for centuries long
 But finally dies and begins to rot
 "We will last intact this way!
 And you my friend, my friend you will soon decay"
 "But I can breathe - am commensal
 The shade, the fruits, the nests on bough
 And if, with this, my time finite
 I'm glad to have spent it doing right"
 But rocks prefer to simply sit
 To win none, lose none, just exist
 But nary should an ocean rise
 They'd become sand and disappear with the tides
 When trees ignite a cyclical life from plant to animal to Earth and back
 Whom, even when their roots are plowed, have left exponential impact
 Steel, concrete, technology may stand intact for centuries
 I say with actions...
 But faced with wind, flood or quake, like toys will crumble, bend and break
 ...What you do with words
 And so the greedy, the greedy human kind
 To conquer trees tall, mountains high
 Erects gigantic splinters of steel
 That shame forests, make mountains kneel
 And progress spreads like moss on stone
 Evolution dictates that men are prone
 To outdo those that came before
 "You see? We'll last forever more!"
 We improve what nature made
 We'll challenge mountains, transplant lakes
 There is no confirmed master plan
 We do it just because we can
 But foolish is the one who complacently thinks himself King
 Because when time erodes the past what remains are nature's things
 Quite Shakespearean duals those between parent and offspring are!
 As Chronos devours his son Gaia to Mankind so starts
 Steel, concrete, technology may stand intact for centuries
 I say with actions...
 But faced with wind, flood or quake, like toys will crumble, bend and break
 ...What you do with words
 We won't outlive our generation, but our impact surely will
 This, the Rocks' humiliation, when they witness we are still
 Alive in what we've left for others, like Nature gives, so selflessly
 So pay respect to our true Mother and take your rank amongst the trees