I Am One With The Trees I Poem by Orike Didi

Let it be today
That I am one with the trees.

I commune with the earth, rooted
To the stone paths underneath,
Clasping every sap for life
With tentacles of an octopus.

I was not one stuck to Mandela’s cell
Or shaved off like Soyinka’s beard;
For I am not in their politics
Nor living forever with their words.

I am a tree, one with the forests
Green to a fault,
Abhoring deserts
But running close to the river.

I am one with the trees
And let it be today.

Orike Didi 03/August/2009 DWP 02: 40hrs