Am I tree? For I am one who feels they often stand alone. As this “tree” do you believe I never hears the cold words that are said and is just expected to absorb it all? Am I tree without acknowledgment of how many times I protected you from a storm and kept you cool during a hot summer day? Do you feel as if you can crawl all over me and expect me not to break? How many times can you continue to rip me apart branch by branch and steal the apples I grow without any repercussions or at least acknowledgement? Yet these branches are getting heavy and when I crack just make sure you’re not even close for even a tree can only take so much.