Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

They don’t lie, they don’t hate,

They don’t cry, they don’t berate

Standing tall, standing short

Rooted in one place unafraid to rot,

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

Shades of brown, green, yellow and black

Fifty shades of grey is what they lack

Appearing numb to external trials

Paying no heed to hollow betrayals

Their strength lie in supreme self confidence

A believe so solid, undeterred, full of radiance

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

When the sun comes down they will disappear

But sure enough, at the first sight of dawn, they reappear

Their colors reflect my incessant mood swings

Undisturbed by the continuous flutter of birds’ wings

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

Morning, noon and night…a shade for every sorry emotion

I wonder how they know me so well, defying every notion

The ones who could speak chose silence over affection

The trees spoke none, still chose acceptance over rejection

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

Love never questions, it is true, not an illusion

Look at the trees, a testament to all absolution

You cut their limbs, break them piece by piece

No one to soothe, no one to even appease

Yet they shade you from the scorching sun’s ire

Till the very end, they never seem to tire

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…

Many storms have come and gone

Many lightning bruises faced all alone

Like my one true friend, they needn’t atone

Like my one true friend, whose arms were my paradise

Let me sore high, let me fearlessly arise…

Someone once told me

The trees always smile you see…