Old Oak

Hard the road that trekked our life.

 

 

1500 yr old Oak

The sun sinks low in the sky

while the moon slowly rises

Dreams this way linger long

for tomorrow-in all its guises

 

I look back longing my days

just to find where I fell last

How can we see the future

who don't remember our past

 

Hard the road we trekked in life

living well as some had done

Youth hides the tears in shadow

paths shown by the ageless sun

 

I once held life's greatest joy

futures road lie before me

All that was or ever been

blessed as the tall Oak tree

 

Hope, my shoulder to the wind

muscles gleamed in the noon sun

Strong was my back that carried

the hopes that you were the one

 

Tate

Author's Note

For she who crossed roads with me then diverged in the woods.

Reviews

[Muse]

I felt you looking towards the future..reflecting on the past...reminiscing in the moment. I liked the title and the picture too...so telling. The Old Oak is said to be wise....it's limbs providing an umbrella to life's storms...the bark over time sluffs away like our own skin....yet it grows new bark...like a rebirth of sorts. The shade it provides is always so forgiving from the harsh glare of the sun. If only we could carry that old oak tree around with us every where we went. Maybe then we wouldn't feel so vulnerable.

I once held life's greatest joy

futures road lie before me

All that was or ever been

blessed as the tall Oak tree


A tree that lives to be old..like us mortals is truly blessed.
"Age is a reward...not a right."

[Tate Morgan]

Beth you are deep thinker. This was written to an old girlfriend. The thought was to thank her for the time we spent together and let her know no hard feelings

[Muse]

beautifull shared

[Tate Morgan]

thank you

A beautifully rooted poem, Tate... the old Oak, is inspirational, and has strong roots, we all want to lean on, (even I love to be burried under) Nice work!

E.L.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the photo. Made the feel of the poem have life. A lone tree where life had been and will be. I like the journey and the story in the words of your poem. Many people come and go. They stay hidden away and appear sometime. Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Ubiquitous]

I love the thought that went into this. I recently experienced something similar, and this poem spoke to me. I can feel the longing in your words, and I love it. Great job!

[kaleidoscope Eyes]

Simply beautiful.

[Vivian]

Oh, and I really like the picture. :)

[Vivian]

AMAZING. I....I can't even...begin to describe how amazing this is. YOU HAVE TALENT! Publish. Do something to get these poems out to other people....beyond the web. I...that sounds bossy. I'm sorry. But this is truly amazing.

"Dreams this way linger long..." I love that line, and this:
"I look back longing my days
just to find where I fell last
How can we see the future
who don't remember our past"

Quoted before in another review but....the wording and just...the longing in that stanza is goosebump inducing. I could go on and on, but I'm really truly just...shocked speechless. :) Please keep up the beautiful poetry! The world needs great poems like this.

[?]

I totally agree with Tommy. You always seem to put into words lifes emotions, lifes journeys, lifes questions, lifes what if's, lifes love and despair. And the reader is alsways wowed by your writings, your wording, the music and photos you add. You always seem to bring the reader into that same emotion that you have written about and with.
Life is a hard road, but blessed is the overcomer.
Great piece Tate

[quinfinn]

lovely and hopeful. i really feel this one, deep down and personally. good, good poem!

[E.V. Black]

I really liked the poem! The only thing that seriously bothered me was the size of the text. It was way too big for my taste. Otherwise, really good poem.

[A.r. Bazian]

this isn't so bad at all!
i liked it! the voyage beyond...beyond our choices!
deep! not my most favorite of yours but definitely Very good