The Willow

The Willow whispered to me tonight “Tell me if you please, may I please hear of the one Is she there and where in the world this night?” Breathed the Willow to me beneath this shaded sun So it was she sang in the space between us Through the night and on into the spreading day As I lay lingering in the night’s echoed cuss Wondering of you and what could, should I say She is out there in the beyond inside the blue I know for I can hear the silent sweet melody Falling gently in feather caresses of something new Something true, something mocking me in parody The Willow whispered to me tonight “Tell me if you please, may I please hear of the one Is she there and where in the world this night?” Breathed the Willow to me beneath this shaded sun Because you’re there inside these my eyes Like you have never before been held in my soul Laughing without a smile shading all our bonding ties Screaming to me as I scream to you of this hole Cupped one more time in the hands of the Angel All I wish to see and never more lingering beyond a glance And so it is that I reach out to stroke away the tears the fell Lost within a moment born of this our last lingering chance The Willow whispered to me tonight “Tell me if you please, may I please hear of the one Is she there and where in the world this night?” Breathed the Willow to me beneath this shaded sun Saccharine is little Rosemary sighing inside the light She is there and into her arms I sigh when I fall Coy is she the little rose petal maiden dancing across the night Sing me away I sigh, carry me away I cry inside her eyes I stumble and stall In those eyes I find my solace and my sanctuary In that heart I find my soul and fancy drifting free And this is where I wish to hide my eyes and mind so weary Locked inside her arms and smile listening to the rolling of the sea The Willow whispered to me tonight “Tell me if you please, may I please hear of the one Is she there and where in the world this night?” Breathed the Willow to me beneath this shaded sun