in the shadow of a knife
a tree cut all its leaves in a rage
in aversion, in deception
to face it head on
in fire and decay
watching it burn, watching it turns red…
tears itself into broken braches
shudder and shiver in gale
shame and self-destruction
spank and smash
creepy, crawly, mossy smile
a failure is a failure is a failure…
in one body, in one touch
still want to stand tall
still want to give shelter
still want to plant a kiss
with each other near
not to know, wants to breathe well.
” Shadow ” seems to be related to some degree to the post accompanying this one, “Our Landscape”. Here the purposes and intentions of the tree are made explicit,and so the poetic adventure goes deeper into the exciting domain of magic realist/fantasy influenced narrative.
Profound write, Gopal.