i sit
in quiet
companioned
by sounds of birds
the secrets of trees
and leaves resting
exactly as they
fell to earth
stone
© 2016 Melinda Irvine
The Secrets of Trees
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.