A Walk Through the Woods

as i walked through the forest, heading down the path today

i could have sat and sworn i heard a tree above me say

good morning good day, have you heard some good news

i swear upon my life i was shaking in my shoes

i looked up at the crowns hanging high above my head

and if you don't believe a work i say, this is what they said

hello down there near the ground

i know you don't imaging the sound

that trees can make when you aren't here

but as you know things are not so clear

because here we are talking down to you

hopefully you hear us too

i sat there on the soft mossy ground

and looked to see who else was round

but no surprise no one was there

i wandered here without a care

so up to trees i spoke quite loud

i cannot believe what you have just said now

i have some questions so please listen up

is there secrets you want written up?

what should i say when i get home

my friends will ask and want to know

the trees just sighed and said some words

i could not believe what i had heard

they said to me a few simple things

like the fact that all forests love to sing

so what sound does a tree make when no one is near

a rhyme thats quite precious to hear

the next they shared to my surprise

that when trees get cut not just one of them dies

they all feel sad the loss its true

so please just think before you choose

to go buy a tree from forests felled

i know artificial doesn't do quite as well

but before you chop down holiday cheer

the trees will hope that you will hear

they want to live free out in the sun

not dead inside

weighed down buy the tons

so here i write through morning

and night

trying not to stop but to be polite

to respect our forests staunch protectors

and hope you might have listened to this briefest lecture.