Roots

“Why did the grove undress itself only to wait for the snow?”

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Roots

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this fall the maples will drop their leaves
and again stand nude in the winter freeze
what is it they keep thinking
there’s no tellin’ with them trees

do they forget about the snow
that the cold cold wind’ll blow
perhaps they keep imagining
a warmer place that they might go

maybe dreamin’ they will run
down to the land of surf and sun
but they just can’t escape their roots
a brutal challenge for everyone

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rob kistner © 2019


 

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