Weeping Willow Song
If I were a leaf on a willow tree
I’d grow long, I’d grow thin, I’d grow straight.
Pliant and toothed and veined, I’d be
With a bend and a brush and sshhhhoowishee sshhhoowee
What a beautiful song I’d create.
When it rained I’d lead those droplets down
Along my center vein,
I might let a drop hang on my tip for awhile
While we’d conjure a simple refrain:
Shhhhoowishha, shhhhoowisshha, shhhhooweee.
I would drape and sway with my leaf-mates and limbs
In a waterfall weeping with fractals and spray.
While the raindrops pitter and daylight dims,
We’ll settle and nestle and quietly say
Sshhhooeeswish, shhhooeehush, shooeeay.
I’d grow long, I’d grow thin, I’d grow straight.
Pliant and toothed and veined, I’d be
With a bend and a brush and sshhhhoowishee sshhhoowee
What a beautiful song I’d create.
When it rained I’d lead those droplets down
Along my center vein,
I might let a drop hang on my tip for awhile
While we’d conjure a simple refrain:
Shhhhoowishha, shhhhoowisshha, shhhhooweee.
I would drape and sway with my leaf-mates and limbs
In a waterfall weeping with fractals and spray.
While the raindrops pitter and daylight dims,
We’ll settle and nestle and quietly say
Sshhhooeeswish, shhhooeehush, shooeeay.
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