Why do some Trees Dance?
Why do some leaves flutter, wave, and tremble,
Shimmering sunlight
Like a thousand tiny mirrors,
With barely a breeze going by?
Why are some branches quite limber?
Shaking leaves in spritely waves,
Making a new music of light and sound
On the stillest of days?
Why do some trees dance?
Other trees are still,
As the winds dance by
Waiting, hoping, thinking,
“Those dancing ones can’t have known the heat of this sun!
Burning,
Burning,
Burning,
The beating rains
Pelting,
Pelting,
Pelting,
The drying winds
Blowing,
Blowing,
Blowing
Or they would be
Stoic,
Bitter,
Stiff,
Like us…”
Why do some trees dance?
Shaking leaves in spritely waves,
Making a new music of light and sound
Even on the stillest of days?
Michele Marie
