The Lonely Tree
MeLanie Larragoitiy
PandoraSage
5-4-09




...AND ALL THAT IS
IT SEEMS
IT SEEMS
I STAND BESIDE
THE LONELY TREE
AND CLIMB ALONG
IT'S ONLY BRANCH
AND SIT AND SWAY
ABOVE THE GROUND
BUT THEN IT CAME
A SILENT WIND
THAT BLEW ME DOWN
TO CLIMB UP AGAIN
I SAT
AND LOOKED
ACROSS THE LAND
THEN CLIMBED
BACK DOWN
AND SAT THERE
UPON ON THE GROUND
I FELL ASLEEP
AND IT DID SEEM
THE LONELY TREE
DID STAY WITH ME
BESIDES IT'S ROOTS
I YAWNED AND WOKE
THE LONELY TREE
IT'S BRANCH
IT BROKE
AND COVERED ME
THERE WHERE I SLEPT
AND AS I STOOD
I DID
I WEPT
AND ASKED IT WHY
OH BUT YOU SEE
YOU DID NOT LEAVE
YOU STAYED WITH ME
AND AS YOU SLEPT
I SAW YOU SHIVER
IT WAS ONLY MY LEAVES
I HAD TO DELIVER
BUT STILL I WANTED
TO HOLD YOU NEAR
BUT WHEN I REACHED FOR YOU
I BROKE I FEAR
SO THEN IT WAS ALL
THAT I COULD GIVE
YOU MADE IT WORTH
THE TIME I'VE LIVED
AND THERE WE SAT
THE TREE AND I
AND WHEN
IT TOLD ME
NOT TO CRY
MY HEART
DID BEAT
AND STILL
ASK WHY
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