If Only Trees Could Talk

• Iris Bochenek, Grade 4
• Poetry
• 2019

If trees could talk we’d know everything about earth, learning things we’d never known before and discover new worth.
Wonders of life now wouldn’t be a mystery, teachers would not need to teach history.
Everyone would be smart, we would know everything off by heart.
No one will need to start from the beginning, no one would be questioning.
Spooky forests would be a conversation, we would not be dying of starvation.
The world would be a different kind, people would have a much stronger bind.
Earth would be a different place and not be treated as a disgrace.
Everyone would agree on history, it would be a victory.
No one would be isolated, we will all be dedicated.
Trees would be imagining, we would be understanding.
It would seem we’re in a different world, it would be as green as emerald.
Being the smartest you’ve ever been before, learning from mistakes and expanding your brain even more.
Having an adventure with the trees, going your own way and being free.
Speaking with a tree secretly, what would you ask?