Pompous Trees Speak Out

Autumn is the season
To impress when we undress
Our cascading leaves
Make a colourful mess
But we love the closeness of your touch
When you sweep us up in bags
To make recycling cheap
This we openly must confess

We are trees that are brown, and tall
Growing beside the garden wall
But the shrubs and moss are small
And they have no trunks at all

We bear fruits, berries, and dates
Put us in a bowl of corn flakes
To swim in a milky lake
We bring smiles on faces
Of kids when they awake

We are trees puny or tall, we enthrall
Those people in the mall
We decorate the rooms and the hall
A habitat for birds and insects that crawl

We are trees with flowers too
A kaleidoscope of colour, glowing for you
White, pink, red, orange and blue
And that is all so very true














©Paterika Hengreaves
September 2006/Ohio, USA