Standing proud and solitary
Enduring the onslaught
Of wave after wave
For thousands of years
Never giving an inch
Recalcitrant in his stance
The rock
Bent and crippled
From the punishing winds
Attacked by snow and ice
For hundreds of years
But surviving against
All odds and hardships
The tree
Visible from afar
Reaching to the sky
Proud in its defiance
Of burning sun and drought
Persevering despite
Inhospitable environment
The Saguaro
I am Rock
I am Tree
I am Saguaro