Let’s Play Tips

“Let’s play tips!”

They’d giggle, as all of us scrambled apart like a school of fish

The soft dappled sunlight shone through the tree’s leaves

Distant giggles hummed gently, I hurriedly cease my own

Tall, towering trees encase the school grounds

Just sometimes I wonder; how long they’ve lived

Through the pouring rain 

And warm orange leaves glow

Their seasons pass, yet they still grow

The stories they’ve heard

And ones they can tell

Just sometimes I wonder

If they’re more than beings that only dwell

Decades of games

Some won, some lost; “Tip!”

Now no longer hiding, beside the tall, tall trunk

Running after others

I glance at the oakwood tree solemnly

Just sometimes I wonder,

How much longer it’ll play along.