Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

Swing Low Our Willow Bends

By: Ingrid Showalter Swift

Swing low... my willow bends
down low
...for love never ends

Run fingers in my cares
and I will reach to find you there

How well it knows our names...
nature will ever proclaim

and the willow will grace your hair
laurel leaves for you to wear

Swing low... our willow bends
Low and free
love never ends

Forever a facet of the wind
Swing low... my willow bends

Rustles of our names
darkness knows our fame

Wind follows our every line
and makes love to our skin, so fine

Rain kisses our ever bark
there is only light within... never dark

The sun holds us near its heart
fills the notes of the ever lark

Swing low... our willow bends
Love that never ends
...Swing low my beloved
...our willow bends