<\/p>\n
Look at the top leaf<\/p>\n
Reaching as high as it can<\/p>\n
Being so brazenly at peace<\/p>\n
Atop the tallest tree<\/p>\n
Centered perfectly at our cathedral;<\/p>\n
University arboretum<\/p>\n
That you must have walked<\/p>\n
Some 30 years ago<\/p>\n
When you still hadn’t met your wife<\/p>\n
And my parents had just kissed<\/p>\n
For the first time at a dorm party<\/p>\n
6 hours north<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We\u2019re late bloomers<\/p>\n
Winter blossoms dancing around buildings<\/p>\n
That were here a hundred years before you<\/p>\n
And will be here a hundred years after me<\/p>\n
Tombs to our memories<\/p>\n
Marked engraved and adorned<\/p>\n
When you were young and living<\/p>\n
And i was stuck and longing to be old<\/p>\n
The sunflower in the patch<\/p>\n
That started wilting its first sunrise<\/p>\n
Yet stayed tall three winters long<\/p>\n
Half a wish for the lonely rot to take its toll<\/p>\n
The carpenter bees are coming out<\/p>\n
The fly strike is consummate and hatching<\/p>\n
Lovers kiss where i wish we could<\/p>\n
Plan out the date and time and sit on the right side<\/p>\n
Of the bench where i know you sat on the left<\/p>\n
So many decades ago<\/p>\n
And both turn at the same time<\/p>\n
Butterflies gnawing at knowing this is<\/p>\n
The closest we\u2019ll ever get<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Until one fine morning<\/p>\n
Time fumbles in on itself<\/p>\n
And the fabric folds<\/p>\n
And i see you underneath that tall tree<\/p>\n
Reading a book;<\/p>\n
Winter blossoms abound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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