Laurel Tree

Something has been stolen

Some say it’s a ritual of youth

Nevertheless it’s painful

When someone’s been untrue

 

She reveals only in glimpses

An otherwise strong impression of joyfulness and of beauty

But she’s been stained

Someone’s been untrue

 

Oh Laurel Tree, you’re an evergreen

 

You will grow again

Your roots are planted by the riverside

You will grow again

 

Those circling words inside your head

Dizzy from guilt from not being something else

Don’t colour them in, or they will hold worth

And it does not define you

It does not define you

 

Oh Laurel Tree, you’re an evergreen

 

You will grow again

Your roots are planted by the riverside

You will grow again

Your roots are planted by the riverside

 

Oh Laurel Tree, you’re an evergreen

Laurel Tree, you’re an evergreen

 

You will grow again

Your roots are planted by the riverside

You will grow again

Your roots are planted by the riverside