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By God, I am Willow.


Weeping Willow, 
 
subjected to vulnerability, 
 
implanted tenaciously,
 
in a dark desert snow.
 
 
Remain obstinate,
 
she warns herself as 
 
she fights his chilled
 
inclemency.
 
 
Persistent as he is,
 
he diverts her attention
 
to her elongated green blades, that he
 
claims cry whip! As the wind blows,
 
 
And provokes her colors,
 
sets them on the cliff;
 
they were on the verge
 
of falling.
 
 
He sends his wind:
 
“Weeping Willow.”
 
 ///
 
Though, She opens Her eyes,
 
eyes guided by the light
 
Her Lord asks of Her now,
 
and will ask of on The Day.
 
 
She restored Her colors from him;
 
the perpetrator who couldn’t foresee
 
Her reeking of such purity.
 
 
She is Willow, he says,
 
With sincerity disallowing Her left to 
 
identify the altruism of Her right,
 
With and obedience keen to galvanize;
 
shown through the amalgamation of her inner and outer purification,
 
and With magnanimity in Her being.
 
 
My God, She is Willow.
 
 
I am Willow, She says, 
 
With leaves that obey the Lord
 
and protect the encompassed,
 
With waters that treat purity 
 
to those who expect less,
 
and With roots bound down
 
by the fight for sincerity.
 
 
By God, I am Willow.
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