Trees...you know of such things...

Trees

　

you know of such things

as malice and cruelty

and speak of them daily

amongst yourselves

shaking your heads in dismay

when we think that

it's just the wind slipping

between your boughs

distorting your words

 

you know of the

seedling's struggle

of the odds against it

growing old and wise

such as yourselves

the forces it must overcome

to reach the sun

defy the sword's sharp edge to

become the earth's sentinel

you know about gales

that topple saplings

cold that splits them

lightning that

cuts them to their quick

disease that renders them

no more than empty shells

pushed them to their limits

sometimes too far

sometimes too soon

you know that it is

not always chance

that evil lives in every

breathing thinking thing

and on a mad whim

strikes out blindly

at anything and everything

 

 

tree

bird

deer

child

never noticing

as its shadow passes

that seed

hiding at your feet

among the leaves

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Trees...you have tales to tell...

Trees

you have tales to tell

histories locked in your rings

tight and unreachable

but by the sawyer's cut

when the years spill out

as so much sap

and secrets

years of strife

sadness strivings

uncertain ages

and misgivings

lamentations over losses

celebrations of victories

and ages of uncertainty

locked away

in your layers

of bark safe

until the first glint

of metal on flesh

your innards

show us time

compressed into narrow spaces

thin green skins

that knew sunlight

for only a year

before night fell forever

and we count them

run our fingers across them

and marvel that

you were there

when it all happened

and yet said not a word

but were

resigned waiting

for a hand

that bore a pen

or an axe






















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