We begun unknown to each other Just like the seeds of eucalypt trees We knew one day we’d be friends And blowing swiftly in the breeze.
There were four of us and watching As the rain fell and sprinkled slow We began to sprout and knew Together we would grow.
The sunshine gave us happiness The ability to bond As we grew alongside time Of each other we were fond.
As we realised our love and smile We slowly grew our leaves It’s like time never ever passed We begun to grow like sheaves.
But then we felt the storm ahead That affected the many years In which we spoke for and to each other Were simply lies and tears.
The storm sent lightning strikes It hurt the souls we owned That we were only young and feeble Was something we should have known.
It was so long we stayed like this Years we never spoke It’s like the wind had parted us That was why we broke.
Winter came, we looked near demise As our brown leaves began to fall Why didn’t we compromise When things went up the wall?
But lightning struck when spring arrived Then began the season of bushfire We suffered, our leaves reeked and burned Our hearts and spirits felt dire.
We heard the slow and distant sound Goodbye May Seem Forever It seemed as if the life we had We never spent together.
We were no longer eucalypts Our apologies we needed to send But twisted trunks, branches and stems Told us ‘too late, it’s the end’.