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May 14
Stripped
Their freedom granted by bifurcation
Roots severed from the family tree
They mourned the living, in brief
Discarded the wither and blight
Shed no tears to the fallen branches
The stench of phantosmia remains
Spring can't mask the memories
The wretched guilt shows no bark
The sap leaks through each season
The moss where blossom should be
Old wounds cast in the amber
Preserved for the life of the tree
Half dressed in a dawn chorus
Juxtaposed by muted decay
A lowly woodpecker knocks
Broken by a solitary shrill.
By Darren Wall ©
#family
#abandoned
#isolation
#tree
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