Tree Of Life

Chris White
Author: Chris White
Word Count: 42
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Dripping like a tree laden with dew in the morning,
Your hair laced with promise and green hope.
It is with regret I carry an axe in my hand
To cut you down…
All to make matches
to set myself on fire.

Tree Of Life

Vote Green this Saturday

Tree Of Life belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical. and Gaia - The Living Planet
  • LostBoy1

    LostBoy1, 9 months ago

    Yep Always do!

    This Rocks!!!

  • Jessica Tremp

    Jessica Tremp, 9 months ago

    i always vote Green…

  • Kristy Lee

    Kristy Lee, 9 months ago

    ‘To cut you down…
    All to make matches
    to set myself on fire.’

    Ahh..the twisted cycle of life.

  • sometimes

    sometimes, 9 months ago

    great piece!!!

  • Rhana Griffin

    Rhana Griffin, 9 months ago

    Cutting off you nose to spite your face?

  • Melissa Vowell

    Melissa Vowell, 9 months ago

    bloody Greenies

  • LisaG

    LisaG, 9 months ago

    MY LORDY…...this is powerful….at first I thought you were talking about heartbreak…..geez, will I ever get my head off matters of the heart….

  • Damian

    Damian, 9 months ago

    Very nice Chris, this pushes buttons.

  • Trish Cooper

    Trish Cooper, 9 months ago

    WOW!!! So many ways to interpret this…...

  • bellmusker

    bellmusker, 9 months ago

    Chris, I’m reading this in so many ways, all of them striking. And Lisa, yes sweetheart, I see heartbreak there too…....love the last two lines most of all.

  • Chris White

    Chris White, 9 months ago

    Mmmm. There are lots of things in here. It’s not about voting at all.

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German, 9 months ago

    wow Chris – this is a spontaneous piece? I get that feeling….it’s really good too!

    suzanne

  • Kristy Lee

    Kristy Lee, 9 months ago

    so who the hell DO i vote for on Saturday??

  • Chris White

    Chris White, 9 months ago

    Whoever puts the most pork in the barrel…

  • David Haviland

    David Haviland, 9 months ago

    Always do.

  • umauma

    umauma, 8 months ago

    Images!!

  • jianina

    jianina, 6 months ago

    Crazy things are going through my head trying to interpret this piece_I don’t know what your thoughts were when these words found you, but the generality of it is beyond interpretation. Great work on this one!

  • Saskia Greta Sansom

    Saskia Greta S..., 6 months ago

    Brilliant.

  • panda65

    panda65, 4 months ago

    Very nice – really tight but also suggestive.

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