Aspen, We Share a Secret

written with music

Aspen, I know your secrets
and I saw you on that day
when they asked me
if this could be my home
where the wild grasses sway

I think… that you love the wind
when it’s raging through your leaves
and I know that
you adore the tempest
more than all the other trees

Rain drops… may as well not fall
if they drip a soothing rain
but a sprinkle
Lest they’re pounding hard
and they’re pouring down the panes

You love… the imbrifero
At its overpow’ring best
It incites you
and you invite the storm
as it thunders in your chest

Aspen, when the clouds have passed
I could never even tell
but your branches
as they quiver softly
say you love the calm as well