Two Lovers and a Tree
I walked in the woods today
Wandered through the land of the dryads,
Till I stopped by an elderly tree-
With two names in a heart on her cheek.
Two names carved side by side,
One boy and one girl
A simple Adam loves Ella
Encompassed by a hand-carved heart.
And I wondered as I stared
And traced the heart’s curving slopes-
Who were these two?
And when did they carve their love into the tree of time.
Who was Adam and what did Ella think?
Did Adam wander through these woods alone?
Did he show Ella-or was this love
Just a hidden pleading from his heart.
And what of Ella?
Was she worthy-or was she perhaps loftier then he?
Did she love him back-was he ever told,
There was no answer in the tree.
So I kept on walking
Till I met the nymphs of a river
And let her lap my feet as a sat
And sitting there I wondered,
Of the two lovers and the tree
But for every question-
I had no answer
So I wrote this just to say-
That if you name’s Adam
And you still love your Ella
Please carve just beside your names
That you two live on now
As a couple and are in ever after most happily
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