Arbor

Sometimes, all you can do is hope you've made an impression on someone's life.

I've walked as far as my feet can go
through deserts, oceans, and forests of rain
through tundra and mountains and  wide open plains
Searching for a way to keep you here

I have failed

I feel I've reached the end,
as my legs buckle and bend
I fall
to my knees.

This appears as good a place as any
to rest my weary eyes
I look to the sky

I lay on the soft forgiving grass
where the ground embraces me
and all of my past

At last, I am a part of something

On the spot that I existed,
a tree will grow as a testament
it will be what was best in me
branches arching and twisted

Reaching out towards the sun
To find your love

I can only hope that one day
that you'll find my tree
on a warm spring morning
and have your thoughts
turn to me

You'll sit down for a rest and 
you'll wonder what happened
to that man you knew 
not aware 
that even now 
I'm here with you, 
providing you
with a tree that can shade you
from the afternoon sun

Your will eyes close as you 
fall
into a mid-day slumber,
resting in my eden

and I will finally
be at peace