My Thinking Tree
There is a place i used to go
a place i longed to be
i remember it like yesterday
and hold it dear to me
it is my young thinking tree
when i mustered the courage
to give climbing a try
my Dad boosted me upwards
and i felt like i could fly
it is my early-start thinking tree
when i was still a child i would
explore the top to the best of my ability
pretending to be Indiana Jones
and sparked by curiousity
it is my adventurous thinking tree
but it earned its worthy name
by the long hours i'd spend
just sitting and pondering
as assurance it would lend
it is my motherly thinking tree
in later life stages
of trouble and resent
my tree would embrace me
in loving branches of consent
it is my protective thinking tree
or i would recall life's simple joys
remaining there all day
and also its misfortunes
hoping forever there i could stay
it is my day-dream thinking tree
when time came to leave the house
one fateful summers night
i passed an hour in that tree
then finally bid it good- bye
it is my dear friend thinking tree
often i'd return
home to find it there
and in joyful amazement
i'd gaze at it and stare
it is my memorable thinking tree
my chest would pound
my heart, skip a beat
smiling at its inviting colors
sending tingles to my feet
it is my wild, impulsive thinking tree
but after seasons faded
many a time over again
my tree grew old and ill
its sickness, i could not mend
it is my weathered thinking tree
and upon that dreaded day
when my tree, dead it lied
part of my childhood taken away
when with it, my heart died
it is my sorrowful thinking tree
long years passed
until the end did rise
my time had come
as the light leapt from my eyes
and as i traveled through sky
to heaven i was bound
something caught my attention
i couldn't believe what i had found
my thinking tree alive as ever
my good and faithful friend
hoping for my company
and waiting until then
as i grasped it tenderly
and flung into its arms
salvations light spread over me
home was finally where my heart was
but this was not the end
there is yet more glee to the story
for my tree no longer had room for only one
but now seated many to share in my glory
it is OUR timeless, life-giving thinking tree
Copyright © Meg Specksgoor | Year Posted 2006
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