Friday, November 15, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Tree

Linking up here...
Five minutes, uncensored, for the sake of writing.
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When I was six and four feet tall
I would escape beneath its bending branches
at recess.

Everybody else could have the swings 
and the teeter-totters.
There was no place like the haven
of the Weeping Willow.


I could pull on its branches
that swept the ground
and still they would not break.
They could bare my weight with ease.

I could disappear into its leaves, 
safe near the trunk of this tree
and be me, vulnerable and free.

I loved that Willow tree.
It was my friend.
Like the way Shel Silverstein personified 
The Giving Tree...
that tree - was my shelter and refuge.

There I could dream
and pretend
and believe in the magic of living.
I could be anything and everything.
I could be alone or with other friends
who embraced the Willow's dare
to see more and be more.

Like Lucy who entered the wardrobe, 
I was transported between the sway
of tearful twigs.
Imagination was alive,
and so was I.

Six years old and four feet tall;
underneath the blessing of a tree.


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2 comments:

  1. Your writing was so descriptive, I felt like I was with you under the tree. The repetition of the beginning and ending was very powerful. We both loved our willow trees, and I loved the Ann of Green Gables movies and Pride and Prejudice too. Mr. Darcy had a lot of trees on his property.
    How very nice to meet you.

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  2. Six years old and four feet tall...love that line! Great visual of dreams and wonder and the blessings of it all.

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