The Willow Tree

by P.S. Gifford


 

Why does the willow incessantly weep?

What dreadful secret might it keep?

Does it carry the grief of all mankind?

And refuse to leave that woe behind?

Or perhaps all man's evils it might store?

And be destined to weep forevermore …

 

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