Trees are allowed to grieve.
crumpled sorrow falls in vividness
painting the floor
in ruby red blood, rust orange sweat,
decay brown despair.
trees are allowed the luxury of death
reverting back into their core, their roots
escaping the brutal truths winter brings
hardened in the wind
confirmed in the frozen ground they have
rooted in.
festooned in the envious demons they surmounted
trees are allowed to bloom again
triumphant over their darker seasons.
without giving cause
without giving reason.
Perhaps this is the vitality of the forest
the humble and solitary
transformation found in death.
Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC
Trees are allowed to grieve.
crumpled sorrow falls in vividness
painting the floor
in ruby red blood, rust orange sweat,
decay brown despair.
trees are allowed the luxury of death
reverting back into their core, their roots
escaping the brutal truths winter brings
hardened in the wind
confirmed in the frozen ground they have
rooted in.
festooned in the envious demons they surmounted
trees are allowed to bloom again
triumphant over their darker seasons.
without giving cause
without giving reason.
Perhaps this is the vitality of the forest
the humble and solitary
transformation found in death.
