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Old Orchards
Will you be there when spring comes back?
Winter has been cold and lonely
The snow and my hair are both white and ancient
And my skin is just as cold
Will you be there when spring comes back?
Few come by to see me anymore
Our children have vanished into their homes
Our apple trees have long since died
And they stand in the back like great skeletal hands.’
Gnarled roots cradle the new stone between.
Have you gone so far you cannot return?
Have I insulted you so?
Every cup of tea is spent alone.
Upstairs I have barred away, too weathered to climb--
Too cold to walk out, I have shut every door.
This house has made me alone.
Will you be there when spring comes back?
When my ice all melts away
When the frost leaves my windows again
And I can at last look out.
Maybe you have tried,
Even knocked on the door while I slept
But felt the snow too cold on your feet
And walked away out into the night
Will you be there when spring comes back?
Or is it you beneath the rock
Stationed under our apple tree?
I cannot think it was there before--
But I saw it with our son
Beneath the branches,
It was snowing then--odd I think
For the apples trees were all in bloom,
Despite the black that draped my house.
But you were there, I’m sure I recall
You, with a hand on my sweater,
That night I heard your name in a constant roar--
surely you were there,
With snow piling up and blocking my door.
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I am a 17 year old poet from Raleigh NC. This is one of the more story based poems I have written. Enjoy.