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we
walked
on,
you
and i, and
zed
and
talked of
why
it
feels
that way
when
we
get
to where
we want to go.
the trees
are
tall and
the wind is strong,
so strong so that it seems it
could even bring the trees
down and leave us bare, hidden by
only
the
sky,
with leaves on the wind.
i wonder
then, will you uproot too?
only, unlike a fallen tree, up and go
and just walk away? there’s nowhere to go i
cannot see; no where to hide i cannot be.
but if you leave, all i will have left are your leaves.
a lone willow will i be
and stay by
the river to
weep for thee,
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tree. you
march on air
roots and
let me be.
but if we are both
like trees, then stay and stand
here with me and the earth and air we will
bind while we bask in the sun and shade the
ground. we will stand united, a pair of trees
standing together against the breeze
and the rain cannot bring
the two
of us
to the
ground beneath our wild and windswept canopies.