We were two willows, roots entwined
Bending not in the wind, but in time
You held to the earth I couldn’t touch
A love so strong, a love so deep
I hate to say it makes me weep
Our laughter grew like the vines that climb
A ladder reaching into the summer sky
But you packed your roots to try
The soil of a distant land
As August comes with whispered plans
I stood on the edge, my branches felt bare
Watching the current pull you without care
And the river sang a lullaby
Of cities bright and futures new
Of echoes of halls and books to chew
Yet in your hollow, where our names show
A scar in the bark from not so long ago
I left a knot, a secret tie
A knot that only time would know
I won’t ever be able to see you go
You’ll always be my other half
Even when the world feels wide and vast
When the moon pulls at the stretching tide
And autumn strips the willows bare
I whisper your name like a prayer in the air
You are my bridge, now I’m yours too
Time slips away with the morning dew