Oh Willow Tree…Why Do You Weep ? 

Oh Willow Tree you speak to me

Your Majestic beauty 

Your branches soft and flowing toward the ground

Weeping softly

Why do you weep, Oh Willow tree?

Are you crying for me?

When I was a little girl 

I hid myself under your canopy 

Your weeping branches sheltered me from the world

I lay under you and I would cry

People were so cruel and I could not understand why

I couldn’t bare to see people in pain

I thought that I should be able to take it all away

I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders

and some times it became more than I could bare

Your weeping branches kept me safe

Until I was again able to come out and be brave

I think oh willow tree

That you are a lot like me

You see an injured soul

and you want to make them feel safe

You see pain and suffering 

and you want to take it away

And you weep 

so that you can provide shelter to those who are in pain

Written by Angela Ohm