in a canopy of green

i hide away from you

i sit there perched just like a bird

looking out for others who

in a canopy of green

sit idly by in fear

for snakes that crawl up tree trunks tall

so silent they can’t hear.

that a canopy of green

is shaking in the breeze

our echoes dance in whispered chants

but all you see are leaves

sweet canopy of green

ill wrap myself with you

my legs entwined with your divine

my arms now branches too.

another canopy of green

i’ll climb into the sky

never fearing what’s below me

knowing now that i can fly.

above a canopy of green

no longer hidden in her leaves

still i wonder what i left behind

who’s perched inside my tree