Reverie

This tree is not my tree

We passed some time together

In the garden

Had some tea

We shared silence

Reverie

He does not belong to me.

I had all my guests to see

He had his

A crow, a bee

I beard my burdens

With a sigh

And he beard his

So gracefully.

I laid down rocks

From by the sea

I sang my story

Feeling free

I rocked my babies

In his swing

Indulged his perfect offering.

I chained my heart, buried the key

Out in the garden

By a tree

I tried so hard

To plant my roots

To build my fences

On my knee.

I soon forgot

How to be me

And blamed my man

My kids

My tree

I blamed my god

And I blamed me.

This house is not my house

I see

This land does not belong to me

This man is not my man

He’s free

Neither our children

Only me.