The Poem for the month of December is "Questions for a Tree"  

Questions for a Tree

 

How do you

Remain so still

As the ground shifts

Beneath your weight?

 

Resolute, tranquil

In the driving rain:

How do you know

The rain will end?

 

How do you

Remain so calm

As vicious drought

Begins its onslaught?

 

The wind breaks your arms,

The living rip your hide

But you are resigned . . .

 

The storm approaches:

Where is your fear?

 

Chained to the ground:

Where is your rage?

 

Your skin is scarred

And so is mine;

Lower your branches,

Wrap me in leaves

Lift me up,

Carry me.