Golden Willow

I wrote this piece for my daughter Tanis, and son-in-law Darren, for their 10^th wedding anniversary, September 11, 2009.  The other part of my gift to them, was a weeping golden willow tree that adorns their back lawn on their farm near Teeswater.  This embodies my forever love from a mother’s heart.

Golden Willow

Weeping willow marking a decade

Let us grow within your golden boughs

Lean low and bless the ground beneath you with your sweetness

Breathe upon the mist that’s lying low

Rise to guard them, blessed family

Held so dearly to my heart

Keep growing, bowing, swaying gently

Showing life and reaching out when we’re apart

Raise yourself to heights, then shine there

Golden, weeping tears of purest gold

Shed your light and never spare your sweetness

Let my essence stay when I’ve grown old

Weeping willow, glow there, cast kind shadows

Let our growth meld, hold it tight

Lend your knowledge, blessed to these sweet girls

Guide these young parents, locked in endless love-light

Sway gently, give your heart and be my presence

With gentle, bowing branches, drifting low

Like angels’ wispy wings, feathered leaves unfurled

Shine then, and cast your sacred, golden glow.

With love forever, Mom