Rambling Kids -Ainsley MacLeod

Our Pine Tree waves me over

To share the gift it gives,

When it’s melody takes place. 

So the breeze leads me up.

Ascending upon these branches,

Whose ends flame of sunset snow

Fluorescent amid the birch gloom,

And giving life 

To chickadees and woodpeckers alike. 

A push from the breeze welcomes me

To take a seat

To hold on tight

Within these branches

Hidden in the pine

My friends call home. 

I’ve made it in time,

For natures orchestra, hosted by my front yard. 

And beside myself 

Is a creature of the breeze,

Sheltering in its tiny feathers,

Giving thanks 

To the warmth of The Pine 

We are enamoured by a slight crack

Only we can hear

Because we follow the breeze

So far up

That branches and birds 

Make music for me

Because I am one who will listen. 

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Ainsley is a student at Nipissing University currently pursuing her Bachelor of Education. She took English and Cultural Studies at McMaster, playing for the lacrosse team as well, graduating in 2022. She has always had a childhood dream of being a successful writer and finds time during her work and studies to continue this journey and pursue her dreams, while finding emotional connection within her  poetry. 

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