You And Me Are Trees

You and me, we are trees
Our roots reach deep into the ground
They reach out so far, they touch

In the spring we both bloom in the sun
And a bird builds her nest way up in my branches
With branchlets she found beneath you

In the summer those freshly hatched birds eat your fruits
And children run around us laughing in the summer-rain

In the fall we turn red and yellow and all our leaves are falling
The wind moves us left and right, we reach out and our branches touch
And a squirrel collects nuts below us, hiding them in the ground
The same ground that holds our roots

In the winter the snow turns us both white and you smile
And I smile
Another year has passed and it was beautiful
We were alive, we were trees

You and me are trees
Our roots reach deep into the earth
Our branches reach far out into the sky


by Verena Zyla - 28/11/2011