It's Just A Tree

Grandpa pointed to it on my 7th birthday and said, "There is your gift from me." Not seeing any presents I said, 
"Grandpa, it's just a tree." "Some may say it's just a tree." he said, "that only offers shade, but when I was young it was a mighty fortress and it's leaves were made of jade." "When I began to climb this tree insects would bow and birds would sing and every branch would lift me higher for they knew I was their king." "And when I climbed to the very top. I was no longer in a tree. I was in the crows nest of a pirate ship sailing the seven seas...." And he was right... I spent years climbing it... and it was anything I imagined it to be... It was everything I ever wanted and it was never...just a tree.