Under the Maple Tree

I walked up to the shady hill

And look into the valley below

Saw the people living there

Protected by the mountains capped with snow

I watched them as they lived their lives

Blissfully innocent of the unknown

But I had left and seen the world

And could not return to my valley home

One day a man came to my hill

And saw the pain in my eyes

He pulled me close and rocked me

And I was content to cry

He held me till evening fell

And then he kissed my cheek

He laid me out beneath the tree

For my eternal sleep