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The Brittleness of a Branch After a Forest Fire
I used to
Sit
Watching the
Vines
Grow and wrap
Their tendrils
Around the
Fence of
My backyard
Fascinated
By a
Fundamental
Of life
Growth
I could
Pick
Off
A leaf
And it
Would still
Continue to
Grow and creep
Around the
Walls
Like it
Was alive
Healing
And terrified
Running
So slow
There was
A tree
That was
Cut
Down
I sat
At the stump
Every morning
Waiting
For it
To
Grow back
Why hasn’t
It grown back
I asked
It can’t
Why not
I remember
Counting
The rings
Inside
The scars
Remnants
I watched
The vines
Swallow the
Stump
Why didn’t it
Grow
Back
Grow back
Grow back
Grow back
Grow back
It only
Rots
It’s rotting
It’s rotting
It’s rotting
It’s rotting
It’s rotting
Published 1st Aug 2024
Author's Note
Growing with unhealed wounds, the skin pulls apart to split open the fading scars. I’m supposed to be bullet proof, fall 5 times and get up 6. I’m supposed to rise above it all. So why? Why am I not growing back? Swallowed by vines and termites, I break before I bend.
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1st Aug 2024 11:27am
1st Aug 2024 11:44am
Thank you for the comment :) I find the best way to connect with people is to be raw and vulnerable, so I always try to bear my soul in every work.
1st Aug 2024 4:48pm
WHAT THE ACTUAL SHIT, this is an incredible metaphor.
Pruning a vine, nurturing new roots and allowing growth compared to being cut down. That is glorious shit. Nothing can grow when the main body is cut off, when pruned too deeply, and without care, nothing can grow; everything dies.
Also? The style? Holy shit, the drip-drip-drip of the thoughts pulled me through the peephole into the poem. This kicks so much ass.
Pruning a vine, nurturing new roots and allowing growth compared to being cut down. That is glorious shit. Nothing can grow when the main body is cut off, when pruned too deeply, and without care, nothing can grow; everything dies.
Also? The style? Holy shit, the drip-drip-drip of the thoughts pulled me through the peephole into the poem. This kicks so much ass.
1st Aug 2024 4:53pm
2nd Aug 2024 1:18pm
