Since trees have souls

Moses 3:9 --  "And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree, naturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it. And it became also a living soul."

Since trees have souls we all should hark
to pain inflicted peeling bark.
And our humanity renege 
when pulling on a sickly twig.
Yet trees need pruning to produce
a harvest that can be profuse.
I'd rather lots of fruit provoke
then spend my life as poison oak.