I shall decorate the tree
\nof remembrance with poems.
\nA poem for each person I ever loved.
\nFor each face that shared its kindness
\nwith me.
\nFor every child that laughed in my presence
\nand gave me an everlasting bell.
\nThe women that roused in me
\nthe seminal song of deliverance.
\nThe people that filled my house
\nwith quiet conversation and broke bread.
\nThe walls still hold the fragrance
\nof our dinners,
\nthe sound of voices mixing in the air.<\/p>\n
I will put a poem on each branch
\nof the tree with its owner\u2019s name.
\nWith the heartfelt love I felt
\nas I wrote the name, and say,
\nyou lit the hills of my life,
\nknocked on my door like a toll
\nfor happiness to come in,
\nI treasure your life.<\/p>\n
I have looked in my heart
\nto find you,
\nknow your truth.
\nHow your soul opens in the morning,
\nand your life begins
\nand shines in mine.
\nA tree of time and avenues,
\nmirrors and toys.
\nTouching.
\nCovered by poems you put inside me.
\nReleased like birds
\nwhen I think of you,
\nperched on the tree of remembrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I shall decorate the tree of remembrance with poems. A poem for each person I ever loved. For each face that shared its kindness with…<\/p>\n