Poetry

The Teacher

Charlie McDermott

 

The wind teachesthe bare treeshow to dance

The trees try butthey are not agile and thrashlike a beached fish

I wonder whythe wind does notjust give up

Its next lesson maybe more fruitful

The green leavesflutter in the windagainst the bare tree

I wish that thewind would teachme how to dance

I wonder ifI would ever bethe wind’s great pupil

Charlie McDermott The Teacher
Charlie McDermott, 13 Vienna, VA

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