Maple Trees

I want to be alone with you Beneath the shade of maple trees And offer love where love is due Without time’s hefty, hollow fees. I want to sleep on summer nights Within a castle’s ancient walls And wake with you to see the lights Of fireflies by the waterfalls. I want to see the cherries bloom When winter paves the way to spring And clouds of rain make ample room To nature’s bards, who play and sing. I want no quarrel with the world, And far from it my thoughts are borne When sweetest dreams are warm and furled In bliss with neither weight nor form. I want a place beneath the stars, Where I can peer into the void, To places where there are no wars Or where my fate I could avoid. Find my poems and published poetry volumes at www.eton-langford.com