can you dance like me?
feel the rhythm of the wind echo in hollow bones?
fruit swinging to earth’s beat,
do your leaves ever
overwhelm themselves with so much emotion
for the sky’s song is filled with such devotion
displaying graceful erratic motions
encouraged by shuffle of oceans
showing they have been chosen
to release themselves
of all that’s been stolen?
do your roots ever
take set in the ground
stretching to a point so far down
never can they be bound
for they form their own crown
worldly jewels renown
spindly tendrils surround
brown bodice gown
spin and spin and spin around?
do ever your twigs
twist and twine
bundle and bind
cloaked in vines
move in time
like feline
in slinky summertime
ancient wind whines
whispers whistles in mind
soft as breeze’s brine?
can you hear it?
can you feel sun drum
feel moon tune
hear tides cry
as they wave goodbye
are you as tethered and free
as me?
Brianna Brown is a student at at Barnard College, where they’re majoring in Environment and Sustainability. Read more of their poems here.
