HOLLOW TREE 1961.A Poem by Terry CollettA BOY AND GIRL AND THE HOLLOW TREE AND SHARING LOVE AND NATURE IN 1961We'd got half way up the Downs she talking of certain flowers and butterflies that had passed us fluttering by and we rested by the large hollow tree and she said shall we go inside it's large enough for us and more? I said ok and we did we climbed inside the big hollow tree and it was like a largish room a hole in the side of the tree acted as a door and a small hole acted as a window nature's little lodgings she said and we sat back on the inner parts of the tree and there was a little ledge like a seat for two and we sat there and she said I think it's lovely this yes it is I said -and was glad Lizbeth never knew of this or she'd have drawn me in and wanted somehow to have said about having sex- Jane was content to just be there sharing a bit of nature and being with me and she said Daddy showed me this when I was little and I was amazed and thought fairies came here and hollowed it out I smiled and thought Lizbeth would never have thought that and I doubted her father would have bothered to show her anything makes it so homely Jane said fancy living here and coming back here after a day's work and having no place to wash or bath and she laughed and I loved that aspect of her that innocence that being part of what was natural and I wanted to kiss her and hug her but I didn't we just sat there sharing the hollow tree just Jane and me. © 2015 Terry Collett |
StatsAuthorTerry CollettUnited KingdomAboutTerry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..Writing
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