Willow, Don't Weep

To my Willow Sprite. You changed my life for the better. I love you always.

Willow, don't weep
You're far too lovely
For bitter tears
Don't descend into the deep
Dry your burnished eyes
Calm your fears

Please, Willow, don't weep
Don't let the Hounds
Of Hades find you
Some oaths, we just can't keep
It does not  mean
Love was not true

Willow, please smile
Have no regrets
We shared so much
We were perfection for awhile
A lifetime of beauty
Was in your touch

Author's Note

Check out "The Traveler and the Sprite". My lovely muse inspired that one as well.

Reviews

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. there's so much love in this heartsong that it's overwhelming ... the essential fragrance of love lingers in your words ... the narrator's voice is so amazingly magical and solace-filled ... that i can almost actually hear it ... exceptional work, dear poet ... you are perceptive, sensitive, ... and generous ...

[Corset]

This is a wonderful, creative, heartbreaking epilogue to the series, I am so glad you instructed us to read it first, although this stands alone as is, I am glad I read parts one and two first, exquisite imagery, emotion, and whimsy, written with such precise skill!

[Shaken Not Stirred]

How wonderful to be someones willow sprite, I just love that , I'll have to check the one mentioned in comments, this is so pretty.

[Rosalind Gale]

''Some oaths we just can't keep, it does not mean that love was not true.'' - How very striking this is, personal to me - as to others I would think. I can feel your warmth resonate through the words. Lovely.

Rosa -x-

[Renée]

So soft and beautiful your poem ...

[Leslie Philibert]

What I like is the reworking of the concept weeping willow and using it applied directly to a person, a warm, nice, genuine poem.

[Kristallo]

This is beautiful and winsome, Mike. I truly enjoyed it, it's so thoughtful and caring. I wish your willow wasn't withering to decay, but maybe your warm, positive light can help heal her. As always, your extraordinary gift of writing flatters and humbles me. Keep writing your decadent musings.

[Skye]

Oh! I loved it so much! Its beautiful, the wording breathtaking. Lovely and simple.

[Emily B]

these words gave me cold chills, they are beautiful