Poetree: Silent Tree © Poem by Roann Mendriq

As silent as a tree that bends
beneath the howling of the wind;
in faith that every rainstorm ends,
no matter how the earth has sinned.

As calmly as a tree that sways,
To thunder's crashing fearful roar;
Limbs uplifted high in praise,
For now and then and evermore.

As gentle as a tree that waits
out the storm, in hope for spring;
Patient, as the storm abates,
To rise above on green leaf wing.

And so must we, stand like a tree,
Silent, still, await...agree?