tree  could it be
we too shed and renew
dropping cells like leaves
going dormant to refresh layers  costuming  bowing of boughs
emerge with stronger unfurling in the new season 
having learned from the parasites that fed in the former years
adapting toxins  natural repellents  emiting from our skin the very thing needed
to put off the naysayers  the trunkulent gaslighters  the weight of hangers on that would have before eaten us alive
we are closer to nature than egos would have us believe
the earth goes round the sun  after all