Silence shine When the silence goes over the mountains And when it goes down into the sea We never know how far it’s going to go In the sea or in the trees And the silence spreads so far away That no one can say When you look over and around You’ll see a rainbow that shines with silence And you’ll see everywhere this thing wherever you go Then think about it in your mind If you look at the sky in your silence Why does the silence shine all over ’Cause silence is so beautiful and fun And silence goes all over the world where you can see Silence trees Trees have silence in them Trees spread the silence and the wind all over In perfect silence Of the leaves in the trees You know why Well, you’ll see How cool is this world with these trees These trees bring everything to you These trees shed you from the sun If it’s so sunny That’s right Do you want to see more with me? Shining rainbow Rainbows spread across the world Even with a bit of silence And you know that already ’Cause silence is everywhere ’Cause everybody sings songs of silence You already know that Yes, that’s true Would you like to come with me To see a bit more? You would? Then just come with me to see more And more and more and more The leaves and the trees When the leaves go in the trees They make a cradle They make a sound like a lullaby They make the cool wind And the air for us to breathe And they make you sing a song That’s what everybody says And so that’s true While they whisper in the breeze And while they sing songs That’s the truth Oh yes, you say The ages While you grow and grow and grow While you continue growing forever But one day you’ll die Yes, that’s true All of that is true Yes, yes, yes Okay, okay Let’s continue This fabulous day Let’s continue traveling past this song Quietly Like silence You know that already Now that is true Oh yes, oh yes Yes, yes, yes Okay, okay That’s the song That we are done with today Eleonore Lecue, 6Asheville, NC
Poetry-Nature
Wave
I am a wave I splash on soft shore I feel the yellow sand Fishes gliding in me All windy days I am so big Sometimes So big Called A tsunami On sunny days I am so small Sometimes not even there Birds chirping above me I am salty The sky above me making me blue Without it, I’d be clear People throwing trash in me I hope it would stop soon Because of the fishes eating it dying I can’t feel so many tiny scaly bodies rubbing against me anymore But then more fish get born I feel them once again I am so happy Irene Surprenant, 8Santa Clara, CA
Ode to Flowers
Oh, flowers, smelling like nothing else Your colors shining in the sun Sitting on the ground and grass and swishing in the trees Your petals blowing everywhere So very beautiful Red or green or yellow and all the other colors Oh, flowers, I’m happy to be seeing you every day Irene Surprenant, 8Santa Clara, CA Pearl Lee, 10Greenwich, CT