Trees 

Trees can talk 

Obviously, trees are better listeners than talkers 

Obviously, trees aren’t the best walkers 

Trees can talk though 

It’s a very different language though 

They speak much slower than a rainbow 

They aren’t as quick to boast 

In fact, I’ve never heard a tree boast 

They aren’t the first to smash a glass for a toast 

Are you curious, getting impatient, pondering deeply? 

It’s true. Trees don’t fuck around, they only speak deeply. 

They don’t tell jokes, lies or speak cheaply. 

Trees speak via action; they speak via example. 

So you’re thinking, hmmm. Don’t they do nothing? Is the example? 

No, unlike rocks, trees don’t say nothing, here; I’ll give you a sample. 

I hung out with a tree for three years and they told me thus: 

They told me of growth, and green and the generous grubs 

They said of waiting and watching and wearing water 

They said of sun, satisfaction and slow sap 

Did they have a point? 

Not specifically. 

If I had to translate, 

I’d say their point was 

life.