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Dead Trees
November 21, 2019
The sunlight dances in the trees
Water ripples with the breeze
Birds sing and caw and chirp and talk
Of new days to come.
For days I have seen and not seen
Heard and not heard
The way the green, the blue, the soft, and sharp
The living and breathing feeling of life
Has pushed through all
If birds find respite in dead trees
Then, surely, in this world, I may find peace.
© Tim K., Marblehead, MA
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A little piece about waking up from a deep sleep. I have seasonal depression, and one of the things that help is situational awareness, especially the outdoors. I woke up one morning and saw a group of beautiful jays perched in a gnarly, dead tree and found a paradox in the scene. I immediately jotted what came to my mind and this is what resulted.