Swift Moves

I honestly thought that I was going to fall asleep while watching my tree. There won't be that many things going on, right? Man was I wrong, the things I found in a short while we're amazing. It was windy today and my tree started to sway back and forth like a baby cradle. Sure, all trees with leaves do that, but I looked closer and saw that the leaves aren't moving at the same time. I thought they did move at the same time, but it turns out that when the wind goes one direction, some leaves resist and go against the force (why did that sound familiar?) in the other direction for a few seconds and then obey the wind's command (that sounds familiar too...). Who knew that trees can have minds of their own? With the wind controlling the leaves, there was emotion in my tree. When there was a small breeze, my tree looked calm and at peace, but when there was a strong one, it looked violent like a wildfire. I'm still surprised that no branches fell off (it's a very skinny tree). Still it looks more alive when it's moving than being frozen still. I wonder what it feels like to always need to obey the wind.