“The Lemon Tree”
By Mary Margaret Nugent
I’d like to be a lemon tree
And grow not high or tall
For I think I’d be content
With any growth at all
My arms would reach up to the sun
My thorns thick and tough
I wouldn’t be magnificent
But I would be enough
I’d like to be a lemon tree
Watered by only happy tears
To be a beauty yet to come
Just give me a couple years
My growth takes time
So as I climbI’ll smile at the sun
