Palm Trees:

Palm Trees

Palm trees stand not 

unbending against the wind

they know better.

Wiser than most

they bow and sway

embracing breezes

shyly whispering…

I beg them to teach me

their murmured secrets

too soft for human ears.

Alas, my hearing never 

was or is the best

Still, I’m trying. 

I worship at their feet

rooted in sumptuous soil

wondering, always wondering;

is it roots or dance

that so enables them

to rain ripe coconuts

 in their appointed hour? 

They have answers, 

to questions 

we only ask ourselves

alone in the dark.