Willow Tree by: Sharon Geisen Hayes ©2007
woman dies of broken heart
Meet me ’neath the willow tree
at break of dawn I summons thee
Hear now my story never told
of how warm heart turns stony cold
See my breath in morning air
feel pains weight in heavy stare
A love of mine did live this one
committed now to time undone
With trust filled heart, world at her feet
her spirit danced, bright and sweet
Purest of souls to thee no measure
till one tempted with his pleasures
Wooed her with his gift of mind
teased her heart and poured her wine
In his arms her heart did lay
from dark of night till bright of day
When he’d had his greedy fill
he turned away and crushed her will
Her thoughts clung tight, to days no more
of soft warm sand on distant shores
Now story told, such fitting place
weeping willow, fall from grace
©2007 Sharon Geisen Hayes
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