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The Tree

I wake at dawn and look around 
I see that all is right 
The air is cool, the sun aglow 
The colors all are bright

I talk to all the flowers 
Calling each of them by name 
They all are freshly woken 
And I am much the same

I tell the birds my many plans  
Just how I’ll pass the day 
They all seem so polite  
As they flit and fly away

I call to little creatures 
Happily running all around 
And though I try to do the same 
My feet won’t leave the ground

A spirit lives within me 
Seeking, longing to be free 
I want to tour the earth afar  
To smell, to hear, to see 

Each morning I relive this fate 
Each morning I forgot 
That I am but a shady tree 
And I’m rooted to this spot

Copyright © David Shaw | Year Posted 2016