h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Kes,

3 years ago, when i first read this poem (dedicated to me! WOW!) i fell in love with it. i have always loved trees- as a child i used to think i had been one before, and if i tried hard enough, i could be one again... and i loved willows more than any other.
i loved this poem, and was honored and amazed that something so beautiful was for me! i wrote it out, and carried it around for months and months...

then i moved. and got disconnected from h2g2 and most of my life, and in the process, i lost the copy of this poem. however, since i was losing my tv, bed, belongings, car, and home all at the same time, the poem actually managed to slip away unremarked.

Last week, i returned to h2g2 (after a 2 year hiatus) and this poem you wrote for me long ago was the first link to my past life here that jumped out and bit me. i didn't know i had lost it until i found it!

Its meaning is all the more powerful now, having gone through the trials of the passing years. I always loved willow trees, but they have become my personal emblem-- though i had forgotten that this poem was the reason why. the poem haunted me without my realizing it ... and here it is-- saved for me in the Lost Poetry Office. Kes, this office has done its job today-- exactly as you said it would! it kept this beautiful poem safe here, until i could return and collect it.

I have put down fresh roots, and will be opening the doors to my new business (a pet store!) in just 2 weeks! I have asked my mother (an artist) to paint me a wall hanging with this poem on it, and it will hang in my new office in the store- to give me strength, to give me patience, and to remind me that there are people in this world who care about me.

Thank you, Kes. those are the only words i have that come close to what i need to express.
Fondly,
~Zax