I absolutely love your use of POV here, it's so original - and yet so logical in Tolkien's world that a tree would actually be a sentient being.
(And it reminds me how awful I felt when I had to cut down a tree in my garden. I almost cried I felt so guilty.)
Author's Response: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm pleased this worked for, I almost gave up on it but my beta reader pursuaded me not to. I feel dreadful when trees are cut down too! | 