That tree that falls and makes no noise
In sylvan halls alone, enjoys
its brief fifteen minutes of fame
and then won't make 'no noise' again.
Philosophers and thinkers who
try to explain why two plus two
may not always add up to four
will say that once you pass a door
that door may not be passed again
for each link in a causal chain
when passed, at once will cease to be
collapsing into history.
So when we see that door once more
it's not the door we saw before
and any similarity
is purely consanguinity.
But back to trees that make no sound
when crashing lonely to the ground
the crux or pivot seems to be
the presence of someone like me.
For though they may disturb the air
there's no noise if no ear is there
to turn compression into sound
and so the answer I have found
is... Solitary falling trees
are only heard if someone sees!
