Beneath the Willow

We are built upon this foundation of beauty and endurance.

"Keep growing," says the willow,

"No matter where you are planted."

Keep running as the brook runs,

be just as deep, just as candid.

"Beneath my branches," says she,

"Invoke the inspiration of your soul."

Be as affable as you are placid,

and mark the quality of the whole.

"Do not gibber," Says the willow,

"Speak only in effulgent valleys."

The listener will have sodality,

afflated beneath the willow tree.