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The meeting

You are the keeper of this orchard 

You keep the trees healthy and growing

You've lived here for eternity 

A goddess to keep nature flowing



You've done this for a thousand years

Pears, apples, cherries, and plums

Your only purpose, to serve the fruits

But it is lonely, nobody ever comes



The first day of June, you saw a little boy

Not a day older than eight

You watched him wander your orchard

He plucked an apple and there he ate



These fruits had never been touched

They were yours and yours alone

But there he stood, an apple in hand

You stepped off your twig throne



You approached the boy curiously

And asked him for his name

"Roy," he replied, and to your surprise

He suggested to play a game



Hide-and-seek, tag, and marbles

You played the whole day through

Your appearance is that of a child

Your true age, he never knew



He went home before the sun set

Then you were alone once more

But he came back one the sun rose

And you played again like before



This lasted the whole summer

You played every single day until 

He said he must go to school

The last day of August he said farewell