Reflecting on an Uprooted Tree [Original Poetry]
Roots exposed
Vulnerable, dirt clinging
Like clumps of hair from a skull
The tree was a decade old
A sapling compared to the march of other giants
And yet the force
Required to rip a giant babe
From the arms of such a mother
Is beyond our reckoning
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Vivid & disturbing snapshot you create, here, @sunravelme:
"Vulnerable, dirt clinging
Like clumps of hair from a skull"
& the terrible awe of Mother Nature's creative/destructive powers:
"Required to rip a giant babe
From the arms of such a mother"
I think of the aftermath of the last/first hurricane I attended in S. Florida.
Milton's words come to mind, by association: "Beauty which hath terror in it"
A good poem for Earth Day, somehow (which should be every day :)
Well done!
Thank you! Ultimately I thought it was a good metaphor for a lot of things, but I like the idea of it for earth day as well!
This is really rather lovely, thanks so much for sharing <3
Thank you!
Eviscerated. Yes. Lo siento.
❤ that's a great word
One of muh fave hurty-feelers.
Excellent your poetry