Best Poems Written by Bo Medina

On Being a Tree

 “On Being a Tree.” 

	If you want to be a tree
	In a listening wood,
	There is something you should know
	If you only could.

	You must always stand your ground,
	And state what you believe.
	For staying put with what you think
	Is perfect for a tree.

	And bending to the wind is fine,
	But you can never break.
	Breaking due to hardship
	Is a choice a tree won’t make.

	Every spring, you’ll look gorgeous,
	But every winter, you die.
	And all you are is a twig
	Set against the sky.

	But that twig has life, you have life.
	Somewhere deep inside
	And so, your beauty is something
	That always goes to hide.

	However, when you’re old and wise
	The Humans come along,
	And cut you from the listening wood
	With a happy song.

	In a listening wood, you must listen
	To every sound it makes.
	And, while the Humans may destroy,
	The listening wood creates. 

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