The Grief of Trees

Here it is

The grief of trees

Torn by the limb

Into a scattering

Of leaves,

Of roots that could not stand

A chance against the shaking.

The almighty 

Wind does that sometimes,

a random act 

Of kindness

That we will someday 

understand 

If we could outlast

Our self made storms.

Reflections after typhoon Glenda, July 2014