In days of long ago,
there was this willow,
a very cranky and cracked
willow, standing alone by a river.
It happened one day
that a merry bird,
tired of its journey,
asked that cranky willow
permission to alight.
Time passed by.
The bird enjoyed to have its heart
rocked by the willow
and favored it with its singing;
the willow... well, that willow
went on smoothing its cracking,
being in love with the bird.
And in the afternoon warmth
it felt so idyllic - a willow and a bird! -
that the river itself would
shiver in a glimmering gold.
But the story isn't over.
Could it end in a happy way?
All birds must fly
and so one day this bird did,
never to come back, for the bird
was meant to find a cheer rosery.
And the willow?, you ask. Well,
the willow summoned a sunset,
leaned over the water
and waited for a flood.
10.1.2015
A version of a story I wrote in 2013...