"Prospector Frank - Tale of Fiction" by Susan Pearl

Prospector Frank was a cranky but kind old man,
Leaning on his walking stick was how he would stand,
He had curvature of the spine,
Yet, one day he took the time to plant a seedling pine,
And it must have been a tender sight to see,
The rough old man planting the pine on one bended knee
   and saying loudly in his gruff voice, "Reach for the sky
                                         and you'll do just fine.....
                                         reach for the sky, little pine."
                                
People say Prospector Frank had struck it rich,
He planted the pine while passing through,
And after he left the pine grew each day an inch.

Until it has become one of the most beautiful pines that anyone could ever view,
A vision of great richness, free to see,
From a man passing through who knew-
That the hidden potential of the pine, combined with time
and reaching, reaching ,reaching for the sky would do just fine.
And become all it can be,
With somehow being a lesson of great value, too,
of the good that can be done while passing through-
  for those that follow and who later come
will be the ones to enjoy such good being done.