Have you ever felt it's too dark to see? Not in a visual sense, but mentally? Well one day nature spoke to me. As I gazed upon a burning tree.
In an ashy forest, black and bleak. Near the Grand Teton mountain peaks. I heard the voice of our mother speak. Ash is the blood that trees leak
I strolled and whistled through the smoky air And saw the destruction nature shared Yet There were spots of green that the fire spared
It left yellow trees and fields of grass Could it be that nature is not quite crass? Balance says she must complete these tasks. So in the small patches of color I'll bask
Cause you see destruction comes and then it goes So that the old can die and the youngΒ Β can grow Green pastures become smothered in snow So we can value the warmth, didn't you know?
Flames turn colorful forests black But the color seems to always come back So if happiness is something you lack If loneliness and sorrow attack Remember that anguish can help you learn And the best lessons are the ones that burn
What stuck out to me in the ashy woods Were the colorful trees that still stood I can survive the flames if they could So I let a chuckle, put up my hood. And headed out of the blackness