My Forever Gift

I am...

like a tree
Blowing in the wind,
Colored leaves falling fast

How do I choose
To give away
That which I pray will last?

So many people
Friends,
Family,
They are Wind

They want them;
They want a part of me

My leaves
Blowing
Can I hold them?
Can I let them go?

Pluck them, if they choose
One
by
one

‘Til at last,
I am no more

My trunk bare,
Nothing to show
Broken, empty, alone

And yet…
I am not like a tree,
I am not like a tree

I am like…

a Fountain
Bursting, pure, cool water
Flowing
Ever onward

Come! Take from my pool
Take from my water

I give freely, I give all

All that I am
All that I hope to be
Come

Take me
Take more than me
Take what I can give, then let me give again

Let me give again

My water never ceases
My love never stops its flow

Take,
Take it,
Take that part of me
And grow