You all complain. But as my days in this house are numbered, as the oaks begin to catch sunlight as if it were just for me, I see now, more than ever before, that this is the most beautiful place.
I know by now you must be bored, but you don't see what I see. I see the green and the green and the green again. That bright green that only the god I half-heatedly believe in could have created.
I feel the sun that I've longed for in the rain that we so desperately need. It's here now. It's here to tempt my inevitable return once I leave. It's these trees I want. These oaks are the only ones that can please me.
I hear the crow of my boy, he's challenging me. But I don't have the heart to tell him that our days are numbered. My days in this house are numbered. And it's killing me.
I love this Valley. It's the only place I need. It's here to tempt my inevitable return once I leave.