Big. Beautiful. Red. Trees.

I love the view from my Balcony....

As I was looking at these Big. Beautiful. Red. Trees. which are my absolutely favorite trees, I thought about this poem by Nikki Giovanni:

"What It Is" by Nikki Giovanni

If it's a trail we can hike it

If it has two wheels we can bike it

If it's an allergy we can sneeze it

If it's a pimple we can squeeze it

If it's dew it "covers Dixie"

If it's Tinker Bell it's a pixie

If it's a breeze it can blow us

If it's the sun it can know us

If it's a song we can sing it

If it flies we can wing it

If it's soda pop then it's drinkable

It might be X-rated but that's unthinkable

If it's a boat we can sail it

If it's a letter we can mail it

If it's a star we can let it shine

If it's the moon it can make you mine

If it's grass we can rake it

If it's free why not take it

If it's a tide it can ebb

If it's a spider it can web

If it's chocolate we can dip it

If it's a golf ball we can chip it

If it's gum we can chew it

I hope it's love so we can do it

I absolutely love this poem, and fall, and my mom, and biking, and teaching literature, and Toni Morrison, and Nikki Giovanni, and words, and those Big. Beautiful. Red. Trees. that are outside of my window.

Happy Friday, My People!!