Portrait of a Lady

Tree branches spread over the sky Birds flitting about here and there The sun beaming low in the sky The sounds of Spring in the air We walked through the woods without a care A face beckoned a smile We felt quite at ease A woman with a heart warming smile and such beautiful caring eyes Her long dark hair feeling the breeze We walked past where she had sat down She commented on the Sun's rays lighting the house We nodded appreciation as we looked and agreed Surrounded by rolling hills of green, it looked like the Jewel of the crown She wished us well on our way We carried on our walk to the house As we walked through the rooms in the house An old lady guide saw as we stared from a window over the grounds She said that's where the lady would sit watching the Suns Ray's lighting the woods and the hills We could see why she would find some peace and happiness, such beauty, such magnificence without compare As we talked in the next room she presented a portrait of a lady on a seat looking down at the house with pale skin and dark hair. We stood amazed, totally confounded! The lady in the portrait was the lady we had just met in the grounds.