Leaf-wise

poem about what a Tree told me. True story.

Photo by Pedro Ramos on Unsplash

Tall and green

with an open eye.

She pled me to listen

and whispered

leaf-wise

I have lived

for lamentable years

with animal

and man

Humans

divided from a single cell

you sell each other

one lie multiplied by another

And you, as children

Climbed my limbs 

and my trunk

I forgave the bumps and scrapes

Now, I watch your children play

I’m dismayed 

by the fences, you must create

to keep them in and safe

I tower over the boxes

you call houses

and obnoxious cars

you drive incautiously

The traumatic loss 

of my family 

won’t stop me from flourishing

nor will it pause my grief

Am I a symbol of mercy

or disesteem

deemed expendable 

by humans?

Or am I like you

a true sign of strength 

only to be desecrated

by man-made absurdity?

Tall and green

with an open eye

she pled me to listen

as she whispered

leaf-wise

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