Key West The Newspaper

Languages

Birds, hidden within their cool recess,
twitter and tweet behind the leaves
as beyond the written page
our own vocabularies rage
to tell us what the world’s about
when we find that any peace of mind
reaches out for that light that hangs
over the rooted craniums
of earth-bound trees
with their huge arms amazingly upraised
while even each green leaf’s stem
extends its sturdy place
in its own season’s time
to offer even more praise.

Kirby Congdon