The Banyan Tree

What secrets were said

in the Banyan forest

of the Carmelite nuns of Redland Bay

where silence was the order of the day

and all they did

was pray and pray

and pray and pray

then quietly they would slip away

to the arms of that ancient tree

which covered several acres

of rich Redland Bay soil.

You could get lost in this forest

in that seething feast of greenery

a further communion

in the sanctum santorium

of their beautiful nunnery.

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