Some people are like trees

Some people are like trees

The hope holders

The air around them is cleaner

Your mind calms

Your lungs breathe deeply and settle

There is a groundedness that seeps out from them

They have a root system that sings wisdom to the deep earth

They will not give up on us, on this whole organism

Of human, earth, sky, and songs.

They are the song singers

Some people are like trees

Hugging them is

Being held by something ancient

And good

Some people are like trees

And to sit in their shade -

Some people are like trees

And to watch their cacophony of leaves

Dance into jewelness

Some people are like trees

- Habitat and wholeness -

I would nest in you

I am queer for trees

I would come to you without gender

You be a tree

I’ll be a bird

Tree, you hold the hope

The hope that is me, Bird

Tree and bird

You and me