Why

the branches sway like arms
as they reach for the sky.
longing to go up into the atmosphere,
to go where the stars hit the sky,
to see a shining rainbow up there, 
way up high.
wonder why it likes that altitude,
i wish i could know why.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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