The Forest And The Trees Poem by Lauren Kjar

Two strangers stand together
Shadows holding hands
Glancing towards each other
Could they understand?
A father trying desperately to make up for lost time
A daughter searching through the past for something left behind
How's the weather, how is work, the miles seem to grow
The distance in a family is farther then they know

Forgotten chances, moments pass, one day we will see
An overwhelming mountain of our opportunities
There was a time we laughed and played
We moved so naturally
Somewhere in the forests growth
We're lost among the trees

Two strangers stand together
Company alone
Growing in directions
For things they must atone
A father rigid as a pine but bending all he can
A daughters falling leaves of doubt but rooted to the land
Two trees shade each other
Sometimes roots cross paths
Each year the wind blows around them
But wil the breezes last