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TerryD'ArcyRyan
Poems
Apr 2018
A Carving of Hearts
I can not give away this Image
engraved in my vision
as I stood
beside giants while hidden
mighty titans
the picture
the trees that hid me
in the shadows
like a villain
thrown together in the moment
I looked high
into the sky
had to cover my eyes
extend my hand for an introduction
my gesture sat unmoved,
unworthy
the trees remain solemn
absurd, how troubling it would be
if a Tree answered me
as a friend
to attend a function
crazy as it seems
the perfect witness is a tree
to keep a secret
an alliance unspoken
A maze of roots
tangled the soil
twisting,
turning,
almost impossible to follow
to my feet
to a connection
in the privacy of the trees
I saw you first
you were carving
the heart of another
a betrayed tree
wore the scarred heart
amber in color
like old blood no longer red
I found you there
like all the tears
that do not fall
instead I am drowning in my head
the knife
came from your pocket
you were kissing me
taking me to a place unexpected
With precision our letters
appeared in the center
of the tree,
of the heart,
of the past
pride, walked me along the path
to the trees,
to the heart,
to you,
to the sharpest of knives
I keep in your chest
time has slipped away
no forward,
no back,
no simply,
left me in trespass
my titan trees
did not protest
the screams
the blood
that still run
along the roots
twisting the turns
from you to me at last
Terry DβArcy-Ryan
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TerryD'ArcyRyan
99/F/ARIZONA
(99/F/ARIZONA)
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