When you come, you always turn
To see your face, I forever yearn
You never say, it’s time to go.
I simply watch with emotions I cannot show.
To protect you, my aching desire
Your beauty demands a rustling choir
I shelter you when you are near
But can I really drive away your fear?
I whisper words you cannot know
Tussled leaves, muffled by winds that blow
And to not be heard is the pain I bear
That you will never know my abiding care
Yet my roots are deep and I will remain
I stand for you in sun or rain
And when you need me I will be
Like the mighty standing tree.