Me by Walter de la Mare

A favourite poem of mine is Me by Walter de la Mare...I think it is the references to trees and flowers that catches my heart. I only wish that I had been Just Me much earlier in my life.

Me

As long as I live

I shall always be

My Self – and no other,

Just me.

Like a tree.

Willow, elder,

Aspen, thorn,

Or cypress forlorn.

Like a flower,

For its hour

Primrose, or pink,

Or a violet –

Sunned by the sun,

And with dewdrops wet.

Always just me.

Till the day comes on

When I leave this body,

It’s all then done,

And the spirit within it

Is gone.

Walter de la Mare