Tree Rings - practice

In the rings of trees lives a map of time
Of grace and growth, of storm and fire
And the rings in me from this time of times
Show a season of change, of hope and pain
Oh what a year to be alive
To be a living, breathing, growing thing
To learn and re-learn
That everything is tied to everything
And these rings of growth -
Let them harden into bone
And make me strong, strong -
Strong as the tree that grows through stone
In the rings of trees lives a map of time