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the witness


am the dead tree at the hilltop  
a relic
atop the dune  
 
distance  
irrelevant for me  
for mirages  
blur my rune  
 
i see sea  
and shifting sands  
witness countless  
drowning hands  
amidst the waves  
and on land  
 
am the dead tree atop the hill  
have an existence  
and no free will  
 
 
some see a pretty picture  
of art  
in truth  
not much  
else.  
 
 
blue skies  
or grey  
or the mist from  
the ocean spray  
change me  
not much  
 
am the dead tree  
atop the dune  
a bare witness  
of sun  
and the moon  
and going nowhere  
any  
time  
soon  
 
_  
am the dead tree  
atop the dune...  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
~  
 
 
 
Written by cold_fusion
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