Once there was a self aware tree
it possessed a rudimentary consciousness
it stood for 50 peaceful years
in a serene forest
until loggers sawed it down and
cut it into pieces
and the pieces each held
onto pieces of its consciousness
for about a week before the pieces died
and the consciousness regrouped
and evaporated into the ether
where it remained for a while
until it amassed into a pin point
and returned to earth an insect
a step up the spiritual evolutionary chain
to its eventual rebirths into an enlightened human
and finally gets off the revolving wheel
of transmigration.
Bob Boyd