Ode To A Big Tall Colorfull Tree

January.5.2004
 Trisha Barrek Hopkins

A big tall colorful tree
Just standing in a pool of color
For all to see

One by one
Colorful leaves start to slowly fall
And have their final rest
On the ground
The lay silently without a sound
Until kids come by to have a ball
With all the awesome leaves
That they have found
In their minds they still can't believe
On how beautiful big and round the tree stands

The kids make big piles
And jump in the leaves laughing
Throwing them in the air
On their backs now relaxing without a care
As the leaves fall back down
Brushing against their face
All these came from a tree with bark so brown
Waving its branches at its own pace

This tree has big strong arms
When you step back with amazement 
Or swinging on that handmade swing
Your heartbeat is racing with alarm
While listening to the birds sing
You capture the joyment
The tree has to give
It may be old 
But this tree still has long to live

A couple sits down
By the big tall colorful tree
Everyone in town
Sees the beauty of what may be 
The lives that it has seen
From a childs life to becoming an adult
Just imagen the tree came from a nut

The couple sits
And just stares peacefully
Relaxing a long side the tree

As years past
This big tall colorful tree
People are amazed on what they see
Hopeing and wishing that this tree will last
As beautiful as it may be 

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