" The Mighty Oak "

Mighty Oak

Mighty oak tree
  You majestically stand  and touch the sky

Over time you've grown to grand
 weathered the storms and made a stand

From a small acorn you grew
  How you got here,   nobody knew

But here you are,  languishing on summers day
  I'll have to leave,   but you get to stay
  What secrets you've surely gathered and have locked away 

Witness to all who happened by your way

Perhaps a picnic in your growing shade
 Or witness to the flashing blade

That forced initials into your thick bark
  As birdsong from your canopy played

From  meadowlarks who came and stayed

Even just for a short while,  until they lit in single file

There's other oaks nearby
 But not as big or old or wise

With years to go,   to reach the skies
One look out this window and off I go
When your leaves lightly flutter 
In the summers gentle breeze
Revealing pricks of golden sunlight
I'm captured in daydream 
Miles away

written by :  Jeffrey Robert Hilton