Für The Tree

I used to adore that pear tree
Until I discovered,
It was just plaster covered in plastic sheets
So I saw a massive eucalyptus, in a copse of green brush
It was a colossus towering over a town of life
But the sign said: “Invasive!"
So I went to northern Montana
And found a forest of birch
But when I looked a little closer
They all were etched in life regrets
I finally found a perfect tree
A douglas-fir
But who could bear to leave the tree unprotected!
So I built a wooden fence
5 yards from the roots
The county park didn’t seem to mind
But the hikers started complaining
So I turned the fence to glass
They wanted to get closer though
To look straight up and see the canopy
And it was then that I realized
All the tree needed 
Was for people to feel its shade