The Trees Speak - a Poem
By Gus Kilthau
@Ceerios (4698)
Goodfellow, Texas
September 18, 2016 8:49pm CST
The Trees Speak
The trees speak kindly to the squirrels,
"It is time. It is time
to bring the acorns in,
to gather all the acorns now,
for soon enough, my little friends,
we will drop our acorns to the ground.
It is time."
"And then the leaves will go from green
to brown and red and golden yellow,
and leaves will fall to make colorful quilts
atop my fallen acorns.
And you will play and dance
and make the bright leaves sing,
sing a leafy tune played by your little feet
running, and jumping, and dancing."
Thus say the trees as summer goes
where summers always go.
To the autumn rains and winter winds
the summer goes
when acorns fall
and leaves make brown and red and golden yellow quilts
for fallen acorns
and for little squirrels
that listen to the words they hear.
And as the trees speak kindly to the squirrels
they whisper to those who watch,
who watch the scene as acorns fall
and watch the leaves that go from green
to brown and red and golden yellow.
"For you who watch the acorns falling,
watch the leaves and watch the squirrels,
the autumn rains and winter winds
will follow, but you need not fear.
The summer sun returns, again, again."
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Image source: Pixabay dot com
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6 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
21 Sep 16
@Ceerios I had one in the attic, too and it took forever, a professional trapper and a couple of creative relatives to get rid of her and her babies. I finally gave up and bought a squirrel proof bird feeder, but it irritates me to have to because now the bigger birds like jays can't get to the seed, either.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
20 Sep 16
@peavey - Friend peavey - Yes. Those squirrel critters can be a regulation pain in the rear, like when they decided to take residence in our attic one time. Made holes everywhere up there. Also, those rascals enjoy the bird feeder more so than do the birds...
Glad you enjoyed the little poem. 
-Gus-
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@clrumfelt (5597)
• Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
19 Sep 16
I could almost see the squirrels scampering around in the leaves as I read your poem. Good job.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
19 Sep 16
@clrumfelt - Friend "CL" - As I wrote this little piece, I, also, could see those squirrels scampering around through the fallen leaves. It was most gratifying that you saw them, too. -Gus-
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@toniganzon (77156)
• Philippines
19 Sep 16
@Ceerios I see no tree in the photo. 
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
19 Sep 16
@toniganzon - Ms Toni - That is not unusual, for there is no tree in the photo, nor did I write a photo. The photo came from Pixabay and is one of their offerings to us in the public domain. If you had seen a tree in that photo I would have to believe that you were hallucinating. 
-Gus-
-Gus-@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
19 Sep 16
@toniganzon - Ms Toni - Trees 
-Gus-
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
21 Sep 16
@marlina - It is a sad page (or more than one page sometimes) to read about the many departed buddies and even those comrades you did not ever personally know. I joined the veterans association back in 1998. Back then we might lose several members during the year. But now they are dropping in large numbers. After a while we will all be gone. Kinda like the vets who came back home in 1945 - all gone now as nearly as I know. Life is too short for us good looking folks who have so much unfinished business to do. That's what is so nice about the Internet and websites such as the Mill Otter website (this one) - We can leave at least one day's worth of ourselves on earth after we take off for other places. 
-Gus-
-Gus-
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
21 Sep 16
Beautiful...i love this.
I love the way you can go from one genre to another.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
21 Sep 16
@responsiveme - Friend ARM - Thank you for enjoying the little poem. As to the "genre'" thing, I always try to be a good genreman. -Gus-
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
22 Sep 16
@Ceerios See this is what I meant , you come up with such fabulous responses...
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