Welcoming Branches

Walking on a path lined with trees

But one stands out as you pass its leaves

It welcomes you closer with a branch laid out

Perfect to sit and swing and climb about

You think for a moment if you should stay

Or let it pass by as you go on your way

Its welcome is too overpowering for you to move on though

So you stop and with a leap you are on top of the branch the tree had showed

The perfect seat to rest and wait

You feel so at peace and everything that once was, is gone as of late

There are more branches around and above you, should you climb more?

The branches open up to welcome you once more

You climb and climb until there’s no more branches to clutch

The sight you see, you didn’t realize you were missing so much

Everything below is smaller than before

You feel as if you could fly and just soar

The cool wind whistling past you

Swaying the branches around you

The sun starts to set you know you must go

But not before recalling that desire to know