Shade

It’s so cozy
Here
     under
your shade

Arms
Weeping Willows
Protecting
     me

“Oh, that scorching hot sun!”
you’d exclaim
In truth?

How i adored
What i thought was You

Those branches above
Growth of green
The trunk
my only spine

But the covering
Was shade you threw;
to shrink me down
with lies you spewed

Ambivalent roots
Of what I knew
I dared to stand up
I dared to peek through

Because leaves do dry
branches do b r e a k
Unwatered soul
Began to shake

Voices I hear
Are no longer yours
As I walk this firm ground

Bask
In the light
I have nothing to hide
No more in these
Shadows
Cobwebs broken down

Replanting
New seeds
A bubbling brook

I found new ground
To replace
What you took