The Defiant Tree
Oh, natures tree, how are you blooming, When Winter is arriving so coldly?
With colors so vibrant, how do you reflect the dimming light, so boldly?
Were you confused by the sun that rises too early, or conflicted by the manipulation
Of season? Or defiant, to natures authority, and just decided to create
Your own reason? Buds blooming, with a brilliant color. . Branches
Reaching to skies with absent sun rays; Surrounded by browning and wilting
Life; Yet your brilliance, Your beauty, and Loveliness stays? Oh,
Valiant tree, why bloom now? When all that's
Left here is the rain?
Darkly tinted shades
Of grey, Dying life
Laid at your roots. .
And yet, you're blooming
All the same.
Your golden hints of
Sunshine
Though clouds fill
The sky . .
Your branches' room
For lovely birds,
And yet, they all have
Passed you by?
And still you bloom,
Defiantly.
Growing with nothing
But self desire,
Detesting before,
As natures core,
But my soul
Will forever admire
Copyright © Dana Smith | Year Posted 2011
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