Two Friends Lost

By hedgehog1

Sun, 27 Aug 2017
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Orchard Lane snakes around Usk Hill,

With mountain gorse; it's ever golden flower

Shines though winters ice cold kiss.

Springs arrival adds new beauty to the world,

 Creamy plates of elder bloom hang down

 

We lost two giant friends today cut down,

Decay and age which tore their hearts asunder,

Sentinels of time they'd stood to grace Usk Hill

 

How many lovers had sat beneath their giant canopies?

So many hearts of love were carved upon their trunk

Again I walked through long green dappled grass

To look and search; "Edward loves Jennifer 1972"

I photograph my token carved with love that year

Even after all this time my love still burns bright for her

 

Picture courtesy of Hartwood Roses a free image.

Certificate U
Poem
Romance
Nature

Comments

Submitted by celticman on

a story of the seasons and love story of sorts. [winter's ice-cold kiss]

 

Submitted by hedgehog1 on

True a love story of sorts that has spanned fifty years this year. Thank you for your comment celticman.

Edward (hedgehog1)

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I hate it also when they cut down (large especially) old trees, but sometimes it has to be done. And nature has it's way too.

 

Submitted by hedgehog1 on

You are so right nature has a way of natural selection which is what happened to our two large oak trees.

Edward (hedgehog1)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You capture a lot of nature sights incidentally again in your story, and so good to quietly commemorate such continuance in love and care through the years and all they bring. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hedgehog1 on

Thank you Rhiannon for your observations and comments. When I put pen to paper I never know where each line will take me, so, in this instance it took me back to my courting days and the love my wife Jennifer and I had for each other and still do.

Edward