Did You Read About The Cherry Tree

Down in the valley where an orchard grew

I found a Cherry Tree unlike others I knew

Dew drops fell from her leaves above

You could feel her warm, seeping love

Of her four branches, one blossomed more

Under its leaves were cherries galore

Ripe with age and ready to pick

Each in reach, low down, I didn’t need a stick

And I indulged with them, then I laid to rest

Dried branches brushed upon my chest

And laying underneath, I could see

Bigger fruit closer, growing there, separately

On that branch nothing like I’d ever seen

Under all the morning bloom, each red with no green 

This told me that these low ones, before unnoticed

Took all the dew drops and diffused rays, to become like this

How often people pass by and don’t know

Enticing fruit can be found where low branches grow 

Cherries were hidden from view, from where I stood

However laying on my back, there I could

Eye them to an advantage and was allowed to see

Red appetizing fruit staring back at me

Resting there I thought I could come again

Yes, I’ll bring a bag and pick them, if there’s no rain

This tree is special and others pass it by

Rotten apples have led them away to tracks up high

Even careful hikers in expeditions can go astray

Error is theirs, I’ll collect and give my sister a Happy Birthday