Sitting InThe Red Maple

Over missing you I promised I'd never cry
And it was so easy I did not know why
Sitting in the red maple, so thought I

I still don't know why, they ebb and flow
My feelings for you subside and grow
Sitting in the red maple, so realized I

What you'd given was taken, a simple hat
gone with fury was I in a snap
Sitting in the red maple, simmered did I

Then calm ponderance o'er our memories
So many were there, like leaves on a tree
Sitting in the red maple, smiling nostalgically

With these memories came a surprising pang
And tears softly falling, a slow steady rain
Sitting in the red maple, weeping for you

The hat was returned and still did I
Sit, hunched in that maple and continue to cry
Sitting in the red maple, still crying for you

An apology with the hat did come
I put my foot in my mouth, instead of my tongue
Sitting in the red maple as he walks away

My father returns from far away
I dry my eyes on this day in may
Jumping down from the red maple to say "Hello"
The thing is, they'll never know