:: Remember The Oak Tree ::

Remember the oak tree?

Hovering over the yellow house,

In the midst of which we fell so free

That was useful to everyone including a mouse.

Remember the oak tree?

When we set up our tyre swing

While my mother and  

your mother had some tea,

And listened across town for  

the bells of the Church to ring.

Remember the oak tree?

Sheltering us from all the harsh weather

And providing us shade while we shelled the peas

During the long hot summer we spent together

Remember the oak tree?

Under which we would always play and sit.

Can’t you see

I can never forget it.

Remember the Oak Tree??

© Nilesh N. C. Roy.