By Alyssa Rose
If you are quiet enough
if you sit long enough
brave the dazzling nights of solitude
in silence and awareness
you can hear the trees sing.
The song is sibilant silvery
Flowing like clear water
Over smooth stones.
It will haunt you forever
In your dreams
If you lay down on the earth
One lazy summer afternoon
If you are quiet enough
If you lay long enough
You can hear the earth sing.
The song is vast and strange and endless
You will never want to get up and leave
If you close your eyes while running through a dewy field at night
You can feel yourself
Rising up to the sky
If you run fast enough
If you never give up
You don’t even need wings to fly.