I whisper to the trees, and they seem to answer me

The Trees Around Me

Ctrygirl in honor of trees;


I whisper to the trees,
My secret thoughts and inner being,


Knowing that they will forever hold
The secrets that I vividly told,


Standing majestically by my side
Giving me a place to hide


And offering an outreached limb
To lean upon when things look dim


A bark that is as tough as steel
They take in my outburst without ill will


Enduring the kicks or the punching I must release
They understand the peace
That afterwards I will endure
After getting it all out, a self coping cure


Yet I would not purposely harm one twig
And they know the honor that I feel they bring


To my life and to all those who know not
The beauty and the peace that I have sought


Beneath their spreading branches so vast
I spend my moments under the spell they cast


Of UNDERSTANDING of acceptance complete
They judge me not and do not deplete


The humanity inside me, the creativity and thoughts
Things that with other living beings I can share not


They hold me up when I am weak
The offer me somewhere to lean my cheek


When tears pour down, and sorrow comes
In my ears I hear their hum


Of internal workings so missed by others
Yet I hear their cry to be discovered


I know their value their misunderstood worth
For I too experience this same turf


Of being considered a disposable entity
When in fact my value goes on to infinity


Yet never a word they speak aloud
Internally the voice is rather profound
They speak of peace,
They speak of hope,
They speak of promise and breath of life
Yet so often they also go through the strife.


Perhaps that is why I venture to them
Each time I seem to need a friend.


And others would view this as absurd and strange
Yet I care not for I’ve always ridden that train


Of being the odd one out and so
I sit beneath my precious oak
And listen to its tales of old
Be they in my mind or really told


Sometimes it’s hard for me to discern
For so close I feel nature’s churn,


Its moody, its rapid cycling too
And yet no human can I get that through


They are also mixed mood and diverse
In their approach to this universe


So I have found a friend indeed in their presence
Amongst the trees that surround my residence.


Take a look if you dare to open your mind
To the things you step over time after time
And see if you don’t feel a connection somehow
And a coping skill that gets you through the here and now


For we all need the venting, the release of our condition
It is there in nature I HAVE to mention


For it is there for us all you see,
Our creator knew they had more to offer you and me


He placed them here for our comfort and to serve us well
But also for the times of sorrow and joy you’ll be able to tell


If you just be SILENT, just be still
And know that the trees and nature as well


Will comfort you in times of need or confusion
And not be judgmental but you’ll feel a fusion
With the quantum entanglement of this world
Where all living beings are secretly curled