green, green and more
lately I’ve considered how many leaves are on one tree
we’re at the height of tree season
green, green and more
and perhaps it’s a silly thought
but just how many leaves are on these large trees outside my window?
thousands, a million?
from there my thoughts continue, wondering and asking
questions which don’t truly matter
or do they?
who’s to say?
what if every green leaf was instead blue or pink or another color?
causing the world, especially in June, to be altogether different
yes, yes I know about chlorophyl
no, no I don’t know that much about it, any of it
except seemingly, right now my world is mostly
green
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I adore this! Just a simple musing strung into enough beautiful language to make it a poem. Lovely.
(And as for chlorophyll, it absorbs more red and blue light and reflects more green, causing our eyes to view leaves as green. This is because, other than white light, the sun emits a lot of green light compared to red and blue. If a plant absorbed green light, it would be more prone to overheating. This explanation is a bit of an oversimplification though, and plants deal with overheating in other ways too, such as transpiration.)
Another musing poem that is very calming!
This is lovely.