Swoosh! Swish! Swoosh! Swish! <br />Why can't we all be like you? <br />Just to leave the horrors of the world behind <br />You say nothing, you are beautiful, peaceful, and when I come by you, your branches open as if to hug me <br />You flow in the direction of the wind, never will you once hesitate <br />All of you flow together <br />You long to touch eachother, but can't, for your roots which produced you, wants to keep you back from your friends, your family, your joy and life <br /> <br />But still you don't worry, you always co-operate with the wind <br />For even though you need someone to hug you <br />Someone to tell you I'll always be there <br />Someone to shade you from the Sun and Shelter from the Wind when it gets too cruel <br />You always stay calm, you are never afraid, you are never angry, you are never shy and you are never sad... <br /> <br />Some day soon, sooner than you think, I want to experience that <br />I want the world to one day, listen, and be like you, to treasure you. <br /> <br /> *July 2006*<br /><br />Chantal Gumbs<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-trees-9/
