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My Friend Willow

April 13, 2013
By PoetLaureate274 PLATINUM, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
PoetLaureate274 PLATINUM, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
20 articles 1 photo 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You have not even begun to scratch the surface of how important your life means to not only me, [y]our friends and [y]our family, but your life, which is a gift for the world that is waiting for you." - Brent Smith.


I knew a girl named Willow,
who wept nonstop.
People tried to cheer her up,
but nobody could manage.

She wept o'er lost friends,
cut down long ago.
She wept o'er her leaves,
which always weighed her down.

She drooped,
she sagged.
She hung,
she wept.
My friend Willow,
had never known joy.

I often sat,
beneath her massive self.
Listening to her story,
sung in weeping prose.

Whenever I was sad,
I went to Willow.
She cheered me up,
by singing her song.

No matter how bad,
my life may have seemed.
My weeping willow,
brought joy to my heart.

She sang her song,
and I sang mine.
No matter her troubles,
she would always hear mine.

She never left,
she never departed.
She was always there,
forever solemn.

Now that I,
have grown older.
Life has progressed,
in its natural span.

My weeping Willow,
has slowly been forgotten.
Living on,
I have lost time to see her.

Life has moved on,
and my responsibilities doubled.
I have a new love,
and I have a new life.

A sad day,
I venture back.
Heading to the forest,
to see my Weeping Willow.

As I get back,
something seems wrong.
The forest is brighter,
and there is less clutter.

I get to my Willow,
and tears fill my eyes.
Where Willow once stood,
now stands a tiny stump.

* * *

The best things in life,
are all around you.
Not stopping to appreciate,
may be your biggest regret.


The author's comments:
I was on a road trip when I saw a small patch of forest, in the midst a weeping willow, and a person sitting under it. My poem was inspired by that person and I wrote this poem the rest of the way to our destination. Dad kept giving me funny looks, but that didn't stop me.

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on Apr. 19 2013 at 11:40 pm
PoetLaureate274 PLATINUM, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
20 articles 1 photo 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You have not even begun to scratch the surface of how important your life means to not only me, [y]our friends and [y]our family, but your life, which is a gift for the world that is waiting for you." - Brent Smith.

i can honestly say that this comment has made my week. not even one of my articles making the homepage, not even when i played the best in baseball i ever had in my life

on Apr. 19 2013 at 11:33 pm
Under-the-Rain GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
18 articles 5 photos 99 comments

Favorite Quote:
Are you ready to go to battle with your mind?- Written by me :)
Lost the battle, win the war//Bringing my sinking ship back to the shore- Paramore, Now

I'm telling the truth when I say this: I have tears on my cheek (I'm not masivly crying,  just a few tears).  I love how you ending the peom, "The best things in life are all around you.  Not stopping to appreciate may be your biggest regret."  This is really true.  What you created from your inspiration of just seeing a person under a weeping willow is phenomenal!