the boy and the tree

Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come
and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns
and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk
and swing from her branches
and eat apples.
And they would play hide-and-go-seek.
And when he was tired,
he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree....
very much.

“... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.” 
― Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree

--31 weeks smooch-able lips