Underneath The Summer Tree Poem
Underneath The Summer Tree
Man looks like a boy
In a little small room
Family cascades around him
Like leaves
Fall…
…Ing
From a Summer Tree
His disease has eaten away at his health
He looks hungry
But is well fed
Then one day during the day
Night fell a silent hush
Over a sadden house
The man in black
Has come for him
He takes him
To the summer tree
With it’s green leaves
Casting a cool shade over him
The little ones gather around him
And sing a lullaby
That sends him to bliss
His family wails a song of death
His family dance a dance of longing
His once vibrate face
Is now dry and broken
He looks like he’s sleeping
But he won’t wake up
The disease stole his life away
And with it the Aids
Stole everything
That made his family happy
His smile
Is no longer in the physical
But it’s there
In the colors of the sun rise
It’s there under the Summer Tree
Waiting…
Author: Theresa Greer
Copyrighted 2013
06/24/2013-Monday
