The Lovers

Come, settle down with me

The beautiful is yet to be

Said the child to the tree

We grew up together

Watching over each other

I see you I read you

Said the tree to the child

You carry me in your breath

You are mine as I am yours

For all time and every hour

The lovers they were

Each with its own roots

All joined at the heart

 In silence they stood

As a shadow in the dark

The child came every night

Kissing it gently on the sides

Watching the stars cover the sky

And the moon smiling over

Lost in a world beyond theirs

Until the day all broke lose

No hands raised for help

No ears turned all eyes closed

She ran, bloody her nose

In torn clothes and she ran

Into the forest she ran

To her dear love, her life

She cried, 'Take me my tree'

The tree opened wide

Taking her inside him

She found solace in her tree

And she held him tight

The tree closed right

All in a flash of a light

And all they heard was a crack

Then came a thunder and 

 Sound of breaking timber

And gone was the child

And gone was the tree

Leaving all baffled and blind