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Willow

April 20, 2021
By emdotdot04 GOLD, Brooks, Kentucky
emdotdot04 GOLD, Brooks, Kentucky
19 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Oh Willow,


Why did they never tell you?


Abandoned in the meadows


No Ash tree to attend to


I hear you in the shadows,


Humming in your canoe


Downstream,


Downstream,


Oh Willow,


You are so gone, it seems


Branches scratching at you


With sweet-nothings so serene


And Willow,


This is what I’ll attest to:


Your branches are strong,


Despite your core feeling weak,


This is where you belong!


If you’ll let your sap leak


Belting your triumph in song,


We will turn the Ash Trees meek


For they not deserve


The beauty us Willows keep


The author's comments:

Willow trees are symbolic of feminity, and ash trees are symbolic of masculinity.


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