Soul Dance

It was something about trees —

the commitment, the certainty of their limbs

and the wholehearted way

they offer themselves

to the wind

It was something about laughter . . . 

Trees can laugh

in the full-throated voice of storms

and in the head-tossing

clearing of the sky

There is a dance

of everything that’s free —

They dance as one

because they can,

because they all agree

that this time

is worth their presence

and this joining

serves their essence,

and they can be

deeply grounded

and also fly.

They’re here for something —

This dance is why.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 26, 2014