Birds and Trees
People
Often wish they were birds
So they could fly
High above the sky
Away from their problems
So they could be free
But birds never settle
They drift
Place to place
Never truly having a home
Birds aren’t free
They’re trapped in a cycle
Forced to see all the best places
But never able to settle
Trees have it no easier
They plant roots
Grow
Strong
But they never see the world
They have to content themselves
With being a home to others
But never being able to follow
They send there leaves
This way and that
Sending them off
But are unable to follow
Stuck in the same place
Which is worse
Being forced never to explore
Or to only ever explore
And never settle
