#binseypoplars

[emnicbooks]

Fallen trees, for evermore.

(Inspired by Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins - specifically the line "after-comers cannot guess the beauty been")

Empty evenings,

lonely nights,

and plans to set

the world to rights.

Early mornings,

sunny days,

our dreams already

far away.

Desires, hopes and

unshed tears,

that are held close and,

so very dear

to those of us who

still remain,

as we were and

all the same.

Not yet wandering,

not yet lost,

not after-comers

who can’t spot

the beauty here,

once before,

fallen trees,

for evermore.

But saplings turn

to ancient wood,

Stability, safety,

All things good.

Before they are sent,

on their way,

or left to those

who cannot say,

that they are here,

as much as us,

so do not have

to earn our love.

In every form

our beauty is,

And our love is just

as much as this.

Every day and

every night

and every place,

out of sight

is theirs for now.

Until it’s gone,

For evermore.

P.S: This has nothing to do with anything I've ever posted here before (especially the previous post, which is the only other post I've got here at the moment). I don't know what this poem is, I just couldn't get the opening lines out of my head and had to try it to see where it went. I also couldn't get the line "after-comers cannot guess the beauty been" out of my head either and knew that something could come of it, maybe.

Hope you liked it. Em xx

Thanks to AstridContraMundum on AO3 whose series After-Comers Cannot Guess the Beauty Been introduced me to the Binsey Poplars poem.