Collected Poems of John Holmes
Holmes, John A., Jr.
2002
The willow tree
The willow tree
Come. Come, there is a place I know. There is something to show you. | |
Is it a face? | |
No it is a thing for you to see. | |
Something I have wanted? | |
Something you have waited for. | |
Something fine, Something silver, something gold? | |
Something old | |
Old? | |
And cold. There. | |
Where? Underneath the willow tree. See? | |
I will not look I would never look. Beneath a willow tree again. | |
Why? | |
I can't remember. It was dark. There were men, I laid her there and ran away. You mustn't ask me I am afraid of a willow tree A day They lean. At night - | |
But this is day. | |
I ran away. I will not look. I would not look then, And I will never Look beneath a willow tree Again. | |