The Speaking Trees

Slender saplings sprout from sub-soil abode slowly Tremble gently in the wake of the embracing breeze Proliferating branches flutter like verdant wings wily The forest flaunts the treasure of the towering trees. Nascent leaves look up with promise to the rising sun Draping them with patina of new exuberance rising high For the lofty trees the sprawling luxuriant life has begun As the lively forest raises the copious canopy to the sky. Submerged in the turbulent sea of the maddening crowd I perceive an emerald island emerge within lonesome me Displacing the sound stratum of confused cacophony loud Unattached from the anchored mind I make myself free. In the precinct of pristine forest’s expanse I then wander As the ascending sun bursts with colors on calm canopy The golden beams brush the leaves with spectral splendor In the tranquil depth of silence I’m suffused with serenity. In the whispering wind the beguiled boughs gently quiver Make the mystique motif with lattice of light and shade To me the essence of ecstasy the foliage offers forever Telling me to hold on to it until the twilight gleam fades. An upright tree of life growing up high I aspire to be Trying to catch the floating dreams in the drifting cloud I hear the trees tell me make strong roots to stand firmly Or else in strife of surging storm uprooted I’ll fall bowed. From the cool cradle of copse I’ve a long way to carry me With the forlorn life across the amber landscape fallow The trees tell me to create the benign shade of empathy In the thicket of my heart resplendent with divine halo. ___________________ May 17, 2022 Contest : Wisdom From Trees Sponsored by : Anoucheka Gangabissoon