Afraid To Return - To Be Not Afraid Poem by James McLain

Afraid To Return - To Be Not Afraid;
When you were so kind to one long stem.
The rose fragrant, scents cover the bed.
Blooms once heady, they filled each hand.
My spot in the sun where you raised me.

Forgotten by you, that one pine tree full of sap?
To draw the lightning together we did plant it for.
The tap root deep in the earth, covered with soil.
Shadow wide, straight to heaven and true..
Afraid To Return - To Be Not Afraid;