I had to chop down the tree
We used to climb when we were kids
The one where you always hid
When we played hide and seek
And I always knew you’d be
In that weeping Willow Tree
I always found you first inside the boughs
And you would feign surprise
That I had somehow realized
That you were hiding there
And you’d swear to me that you had seen
A bear beneath the trampoline
You’d cross your heart and hope to die
And I would pray to God that it was not a lie
Cause I didn’t want to lose you
And you’d tell me you’d had a dream
About strangest things you’d ever seen
You’d wish to God that you could fly
So maybe you could touch the sky
Cause you thought that might amuse you
I got rid of the old bike too
The one we learned to ride
Back when we were five
You went first as was always true
And I faithfully followed you
As with everything you’d do
You sped on down the hill
Till you reached the end
The ledge led through the tomato patch
And when I knew I couldn’t catch you
You laughed and tumbled down
And you’d swear to me that I was wrong
That you knew it would not be long
Before we grew up, became adults
And learned exciting new insults
Forbidden by our mothers
But I know that you never dreamed that
Before then, we’d be seventeen
With different friends and different lives
And a friendship we could not revive,
We just could not recover
So for every skinned knee and broken bone,
Every shoelace and every ice cream cone
For every bear beneath the trampoline
And paper planes from magazines
For snowmen built and snowballs thrown
For learning how to work the phone
For birthday cakes, for pillow forts,
For stupid insults, worse retorts
For every game of tag and hide and seek
For that kiss you gave me on the cheek
For all the hours watching bad TV
For Every Second In That Willow Tree
For every single memory
And dream we made come true
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