Laburmum

Me? I’m Mama tree,

I suckle earth

after clouds burst

I lap it up

until it hurts

then I BUST it upwards

through my labyrinthine veins

To sustain

Your pretty buttercup face

That kisses the rain

You carry me on

After I have gone

I remain

Sustain

An eternity in your veins

Our sap the same

‘Til we meet again

On a spiritual plane

Refrain,

Never mind the twain,

Mark, or Shania……?

Hell,

Happiness came!

As the earth sustained

you

with

rain

from my labyrinthine veins.