Willow weeping

The willow spoke its words of love

Resting here peacefully

By the quiet stream

Weeping

Its honest truth is seeping

Into the sacred ground

That fills my soul

With so much love

Heaven’s above

You nurtured the growth of this

Leaf and wood

As well as supple branches that withstood

The onslaught of the most powerful

Winds

If only my soul could

Know this kind of strength

But I am not a solitary tree

Just given over to weeping

Hidden pain

Ever so slowly seeping

Into the hallowed ground of me

Today how I wish I could be instead

The crown of stars

That shine their blessings down

Lighting sheen on glittering leaves

Peppering the willow tree’s

Supple branches

Under a full moon dancing

As rainbows of light

Reveal

A hidden trail of tears

And so many fears

Obscuring the ancestor’s long journey to here

By the side of a stream

In safe keeping

I feel you willow weeping

Sensing

Held so deeply here

Within your silence

The hearts and souls of loves

Long past

Hungering for remembrance

Every time

We pay attention to these

Boundless gifts of nature

With heart’s and soul’s

True reverence