Trees
Marula and baobab
wave their arms under the African sky.
Here the tall casuarina
under which you first kissed me - Oh!
Eden's tree of life
Guarded by flaming sword
The tree in my heart
drips venom
'Any fruit for me? the Master asks.
'the kind that endures,
of Love, Peace and Joy?
With fragrance that draws
all men to My Tree
on Calvary-
The Tree of Life,
The Tree of Victory?'