Summer time Eden is a jade-green pleasure <br />And for Eve each moment there is a golden treasure <br />And all of nature strives to please her in this time of leisure <br /> <br />She loves the warm gentle breeze to caress her hair <br />And the morning sun to embrace her flesh so bare <br />She loves the harmonic chatter of the birds she does see <br />And the protecting shade of the great Oak tree <br /> <br />That she is one of God and Eden's most beloved is quite clear <br />So these friends make sure to keep her in good cheer <br /> <br />Once when God walked with her along a sandy coast <br />He asked 'Of these four joys, which do you love the most? ' <br />She replied 'When the fair summer darkens and dies <br />When from slumber the gruesome goddess autumn does arise <br />The deceitfully steady kind wind is the first to turn harsh and cold <br />Whatever affection it had for me is officially annulled <br /> <br />When the late autumn rain attacks me like daggers from all sides <br />Then behind black storm clouds the sun cowers and hides <br />If that's the way the wind is blowing <br />Then that's the way the sun is going <br /> <br />But the good strong oak tree is not the same <br />All autumn it stands firmly and shields me from the rain <br />While the birds abandon me in winter and fly away <br />Rooted firmly by my side the oak tree does stay <br /> <br />When in winter the last night does fall <br />Gravely next to me sits the oak tree wide and tall <br />As I spread myself in the soft brown earth <br />And lay to my rest <br /> <br />I awake in spring Eden, to never again be distressed <br />And to have the oak tree which battles with me all seasons <br />I feel most of all blessed<br /><br />Laura Greene<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-oak-tree-3/
