If I could speak, what would I tell you?

Should I tell of the seasons
                  that have warmed me and cooled me?

Should I tell of the storms
                  that have ravaged my face?

Should I tell of the people
                  who wore skins and used flint?

Should I tell of the men
                  who came on iron rails?

Should I tell of the planets
                  that changed in the heavens?

Should I tell of the stars
                  that stayed with me at night?

Should I tell of the aeons
                  spent longing to move?

Should I tell of the fears
                  that one day I’ll be dust?

If I could speak … what would you I tell?  

Published in Inscape Magazine July 2008.