Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow And Forever

... as the willow stands near the water and sends out its roots in that direction ... - Thoreau

with a curious, unquenchable thirst

draped in a vernal, prayer shawl of sorrow

living on the edge of instinctive sudor

with its much-sought-after, pendulous canopy of nectar

the willow wept in a drooping quandry of silence

in a seeming inebriation of innate reason

roots drinking its own tears through a straw of days numbered

as it bent down to try and pick up broken pieces of yesterday

its curved, stubborn caudal unwittingly shading today from tomorrow

whilst sipping memories of aliveness forever

Author's Note

"I have penetrated to those meadows on the morning of many a first spring day, jumping from hummock to hummock, from willow root to willow root, when the wild river valley and the woods were bathed in so pure and bright a light as would have waked the dead, if they had been slumbering in their graves, as some suppose." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The willow tree is my favorite Pete. They appear reaching and dancing for the sky. I have many near a small lake. I like to sit with them and think. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Pete]

growing up, we had a large one in the center of our yard like a giant umbrella. we would sit under it and eat under it at a picnic table. magnificent trees they are. thanks for sharing ... :)

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Sami Khalil]

We have to protect ourselves from the past, spend the present wisely and look for looming signs of the future. I like how you compare time to roots spreading in all directions.
You are competing with your muse now................

[Pete]

indeed we do kind sir ... :)

“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.” - Thoreau

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy woooo!
SO TRUE AND WELL SAID. You are welcome sir Pete.