About a tree I loved as a child |
Long ago I left you in tears. The house was tumbled down. The yard became overgrown. Even though I left that cherished childhood place, it remained lodged in my heart. You were still there my friend. To anchor me so that my heart would never leave. You were my security as a child. Through a childhood sometimes racked by turmoil. You were the only constant in my childhood. Through a childhood always pursued by change. The only steady foundation to place my childhood dreams upon. Living, never dying. You withstood time, surviving the change of a world around you. Your lofty branches soared to the sky, inspiring my imagination. Your form was very beautiful in my eyes. Instilling a love for nature that will never be forsaken. Nature’s testimony of your grand life. Made an impression on my mind and heart, inspiring me to become a poet. I went by that childhood place. You were chopped down, reduced to a lowly stump. A fence erected by your once proud life. The people who destroyed you were ignorant of the special place you held in my heart. I cry for you now my friend. When you were still there my heart belonged somewhere. A changing world no longer held back your death as I hoped. The hope that you would survive time past my prime has been broken. The constant of my childhood is lost forever. Only this hope remains of your past life. The inspiration and dreams of my heart that you rooted within me. Will never be conquered by your destruction. |