such a lie would make me think
you did not care
to sit under my boughs
and feel my leaves fall and swirl
round your feet;
did not care to sit under the stars
I did support with my fingers.
Such a stare would
make me shudder and
crack my bark, sharp and loud
oh, i would not dare.
such is your own,
and it makes my winter's wind
tail tuck, turn and stumble to the floor
it is nothing compared to the harsh
gaze-- you,
you've winded me.
my summer's wind reels in your presence
it drowns in its dew out of shock of your
heavy, weighting palm,
like water poured from a bucket.
and my spring and autumn
are simply no match:
they are still yet babes
and you would shuffle over them like mud
scraped off hands.
would you feel cleaner then?
if you did pluck me off the ground
in hurried fits of madness
and cruelty.
but i am not a flower:
i am a tree,
and you may not
pluck me.
You have a gift with words.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever checked out a book from the library only to find scraps of personal poetry? This happens to me a lot. I always wonder who these people are because sometimes the writing is really quite impressive and I don't know if I'll ever see any of it again. xx