2002
Nicholas Fletcher, Aged 37
Yorkshire, UK
Weeping Willow
The willow leans and sways
forward, her arms arching,
and bending in the wind.

The light has woken her
from the sleep. The tangled
branches are a maize of green,
sprouting buds that greet the dawn.

The rain drops glisten as she weeps
before the sunset dance. Pruned like
tears hanging by a thread. She is reborn
in a wash of green after the naked winter sleep.

© 2002 Nicholas Fletcher - Contributed in May 2002