Ode On a Tree

Changing Seasons – Sierra Kish

Sachin Lakshman

Your wisdom

Outlasts

Your age

The locksmith

Holding

The keys

Of our progress

You enable

Our lives

With your overlooked

Appendages

Subtle

Yet sturdy

Machines

The host

Of my feather

& quill

With which my mute

Oration

Is uttered

Unto your deaf

Audience

You award

No applause

You cast

No judgment

Majestic

Yet delicate

Silence

You Harbor

My accomplishments

Donate life

& limb

For our insatiable

Desire

To grow

An abundance

Of emptiness

At the cost

Of your mighty

Yet vulnerable

Being

Swimming

Darkly

Among

The dangers

Of the dark

Until we stumble

Upon your greatest gift

Of glorious warmth

Envious

Only of the sun

It warms

Our homes

Yet it burns

And scorches

Your own

You stand

Stoic

As the guard

Holding

Back

Our past

Yet we

Still

Attempt

To reduce

Your grand

Ever capable

Stature