We Stand Together

We stand together

Rowan and Ash

Forever pining for each other

Always close but so very far

My skin dark

His skin fair

We were never meant to be

And yet still we wait

Forever it seems

For a union that can never be

Silent and longing

Unmoving

Until the day

Only once a year

When the nymphs dance

And the sprites play

Our stiff limbs stretch

Our bodies move

We reach for each other

We cling to each other

My lips red

His hair white

Our bodies one

Supple and strong

Rubbing together

Exquisite friction

Groaning

Creaking

Loving

Creating

Until again we stand together

Together yet all alone

Our day has passed

Only memories linger

But maybe...

Something else?

A simple fluttering

A change in my unchanging form

A life anew

A seed to grow

My lover and I

Sway happily in the warm breeze

Perhaps we are not alone after all?

But my skin is dark

His skin is fair

My lips are red

His hair is white

And we were never meant to be

They steal my love from me

They tear him from my side

They cut him down in his prime

They haul his body away

Once we stood together

Now I truly stand alone

I weep for him my Ash

My tears thick and sticky

I groan his name in the chilling wind

From lips that have lost their red

With the warmth comes our youngling

In the Spring's loving embrace

With her growth returns my happiness

In the Summer returns my grace

Fair skin

With red lips

Our union created she

Surely she was meant to be

We stand together my Ash and me

Our leaves ruffling in the wind