What makes a palm tree reach for the sky?
Sunlight, sure. And air
But why does it bother?
It feels no pain
Something is pushing it up from the sand

Maybe it’s just electrical charges
Molecules meeting and molecules mating
All pushed on by the ghost of selection
The ones that live are the ones that we have

What about spirit?
Very convenient
It gives us a weapon to conquer the day
What of the palm trees
close by the water
They surely don’t dream,
But maybe they cry

– JW Marsh