The sky may be gray <br />But the scene is beautiful <br />For a tree hugger <br />Blooming flowers and smells of home <br />Bees and animals emerging to announce the start of spring <br />Despite the odd weather <br />Despite the odd behavior <br />The deer wishes to be a cat <br />The cat wishes to be a bee <br />The bee wishes to be a fish <br />And the fish has a secret wish <br />While the flower wishes to be a tree <br />That wants to be a different kind of tree. <br />Well I’m the girl that wants to be <br />Everything that she can be <br />But sadly the time we have is way to short it seems <br />So I settle to be that girl hugging a tree <br />Breathing in the smells of forgotten homes <br />And forbidden lullabies <br />Laughing at the silly objects <br />That want to be something different <br />The sea wants to be a gentle pond <br />Which holds a fish that wants to be a big cactus <br />With a pink flower on it <br />That wants to be purple violet <br />With pretty yellow spots <br />But those spots want to be a green apple <br />So it can put a girl to sleep <br />Like Snow White <br />Who’s still just dreaming <br />Of being a bird in the summer sky <br />And the bird wants to be a business guy <br />Who wants to be a gay man.<br /><br />Vanessa Kingsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tree-hugger/
