A Tree And Me - Karrin Allyson

PLEASE CARVE

NO COLD HEADSTONE

FOR ME,

BUT RATHER PLANT

A SAPLING TREE;

AND LAY MY ASHES

`NEATH ITS FOOT,

SO THROUGH MY BODY

IT TAKES ROOT.

THEN AS THE SEASONS

COME AND GO,

MY MONUMENT

AND I WILL GROW;

WAVE BRIGHT GREEN FLAGS

AT SUMMER`S SKY,

AND HARBOR BIRDS

WHO HAPPEN BY.

WE`LL BRONZE

EACH AUTUMN BLOOM

WITH SPRING,

AND WEAR

THE WHITE COATS

WINTERS BRING.

THE TREE I MARRY

WITH MY DUST,

WILL HUSBAND ME

WITH ROOTED THRUSTS.

OUR SEED WILL SCATTER

FAR AND WIDE,

ACROSS

GOD`S FERTILE COUNTRYSIDE;

AND SOON

AN ARBOR FAMILY

WILL SHARE

OUR IMMORTALITY,

A TREE AND ME,

A TREE AND ME.