Solitary Tree

 

Solitary Tree
-by MVB

I am the solitary tree
Up on the hill by world forgotten
I am the thought never to be
Escaping dreams never begotten

 

I am the time that never was
Only a figment in your mind
I’m the eternal wannabe
Who tried in vain and now resigned

I am the wind that passed in haste
And left no sign to ever be
I’m the illusion that you chased
Only to find an empty sea

 

I am the lost that’s never found
In places no one ever looks
I am the silence of the night
Still crying softly in the nooks

 

I am the silent words of many
Who courage never had enough
I am the hidden tears of any
Whose face will never see a laugh

 

I am the heart that has stopped beating
Too tired of so much exertion
I am the soul that stopped believing
And left this world with calm desertion

 

I am the tranquil storm that passed
Still void of any true emotion
I am the time that goes too fast
And roams around with no devotion

 

I am the sadness in your eyes
The broken heart that you once stole
I am the voiceless, longing cries
The lost and long departed soul

 

No one will ever understand
And no one cares what will be
I am the always vagrant man
I am the solitary tree