Long To Be

LONG TO BE SONNET As spring did pass into summer’s full bloom To stand with arms outstretched in seasons all As the seasons knit like the weaving loom Through the cold of winter, strong through to fall Its strength and character for eons stand The unkindest cut that will ever be To not love and support this tree so grand And not to kindly prune the fruiting tree. The strength of sweeping boughs as arms held wide My heart grows secure within those limbs strong As arms strong, my dreams to be held inside Standing folded in your boughs is not wrong As a strong longing to be my fruit tree I beg of nature that you fruit with me LONG TO BE For often through the way i feel An idea to try and win your heart, Unspoken action this the deal Of simple mind no a la carte. Because life i know soon to fade Token symbol of you and me, Somewhere to muse, feel love in shade Of our moments together free. Oh i know i could never be Yet try i must stand in your life, Sturdy foundations yet still free Throughout all kinds of weather, rife. Powerful touch of kindly prune Such dignity with bloom the key, When snipped away to nature's tune Oh how i long to be your tree. To stand with arms out stretched in seasons all Through the cold of winter strong until fall As spring did pass into summers full bloom All the seasons knit as the weaving loom the unkindest cut that will ever be is not to kindly prune the fruiting tree Its strength and character for eons stand Ne’er to leave as times pass in glass and sand © Mandy Tams 5/09/2013 © Harry j Horsman 5/09/2013 For Shadows Contest. Team Work