For the Pleasure of a Tree
Outside the windows
the sunshine glares
rows of apartments
hot concrete squares
Designated spaces
for parking cars
across the highway
restaurants and bars
A reckless breeze
molests the rooms
children screaming
city fumes
A factory bellows
smoke from stacks
What I crave
this city lacks
Off, in my mind,
a stream runs free
the gentle hum
of a busy bee
Children laughing
playing games
flowers blooming
from showery rains
A country Fair
alit with smiles
All far away
from this land of aisles
A favorite place
a world long past
the dreams I dreamed
and prayed would last
The night's breeze, soft,
cool and clear
the weeping willow
without tears
It's graceful tendrils
a home by day
for singing birds
to dance and sway
Beneath its boughs
a shaded dome
of tiny leaves
my second home
How these memories
come to haunt me
and oh!
for the pleasure of a tree
written in 1975
molests the rooms
children screaming
city fumes
A factory bellows
smoke from stacks
What I crave
this city lacks
Off, in my mind,
a stream runs free
the gentle hum
of a busy bee
Children laughing
playing games
flowers blooming
from showery rains
A country Fair
alit with smiles
All far away
from this land of aisles
A favorite place
a world long past
the dreams I dreamed
and prayed would last
The night's breeze, soft,
cool and clear
the weeping willow
without tears
It's graceful tendrils
a home by day
for singing birds
to dance and sway
Beneath its boughs
a shaded dome
of tiny leaves
my second home
How these memories
come to haunt me
and oh!
for the pleasure of a tree
written in 1975
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