Trees
your baubles
strewn across your velvet
are many
you wear them well
jay blue
and cardinal red
finch gold
bunting indigo
raven ebony
the pearl
of an eagle's crown
cling to fingers
and wrists
scatter across
sky and earth
along branch and twig
rhinestones
restless crystals
living gems
hungry for light
as you are
dip dive
soar sparkle
and sometimes
even sing
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Trees
the sun and I
have an agreement
he will wash your leaves
in gold
when I most need
reminding
that you are forever there
forever somewhere
along this journey
and I will
sing his praises
with words
inadequate
considering his gift
and how it
sometimes blinds me
as it did
on a lonely country road
just now
where dark glasses
weren't enough
impossible to take
it all in
the afterglow
gold dust
against a
curtain of hills
and blue sky
Trees
how little we
know
of what you do
how few
the thanks
we offer you
as we pass
oblivious
to the coolness
in your deeper parts
that costs nothing
but is everything
to those of us
who need the
air you clean
the water
to quench
our children's thirst
to banish winter
bring us through
spring
and summer
to that place
of color
as you ease into
fullness
as green gives way
to crimson
yellow
gold
as your hunger wanes
and you look
toward your
long rest
when your song
will soften
to a whisper
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