Reminders

I was on facebook today looking for a friend's photography website for another friend.  When I clicked on my photographer friend's 'info' tab I couldn't believe what I saw before my eyes!  Under her 'favourite quotes' section was my favourite poem.
I discovered this poem in late middle school and in university even wrote a paper on it for my English class.  Despite being my favourite piece of peotry I hadn't thought about it for at least a year or so....it had just been relegated to the back of my sub-conscience....until now.

Two Slant Trees 

Lean on me, he said

Loving her weakness

And she leaned hard

Adoring his strength

Like two slant trees

They grew together

Their roots the wrong way

For standing alone.

-Fred Cogswell

Tonight upon seeing it again I instantly felt all the same emotions as I did when I discovered it for the first time.  The power of the written word is truly amazing and the power of poetry indescribable.

I hope it speaks something lovely to you.

Are there words (poetry or otherwise) that move you?

Somewhere in the depths of mum's storage shed is my English paper....I hope I can rediscover it again too.  I'm curious to see this poem through the eyes of my 8-years-ago self.