The Trees Speak, Once Again

Once again, the trees speak
 in a soft and gentle whisper
 while subtly dancing in the wind.
Then as witness to my indifference
 it gusts a little louder, brushing branches
 releasing leaves upon my head.
The cluster of the trunk reveals
  black caped figures piercing through
  screaming vocally to announce their presence;
A clutch of crows, large and boisterous
  perch unsteady riders in the canopy
  bobbing and cawing back and forth.
The trees remain immovable and regal
  swaying gently waltzing in place
  then brushing gently from south to north.
On the branches hangs the color of the season
  giving way to changing hues of deep reds and purples
  yellow oranges blowing freely floating on the downward fall.
To the ground comes hardness, empty non bearing gardens
  as the naked barrenness begins to speak
  a bleaker images soon to come to the silence of the trees.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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