Dream Tree

When you told me of this dream tree Of it growing so wild and so free I quickly set about to search the world, There was nowhere that I would not go. Said it had told you all the secrets And it told you everything you had ever wanted to know. I thought so long of all its boughs- Strong and steady in the storm. Like lust or fear, or even the instinct to gasp for air, I sought out this force of life, desperate for this bastion of hope. So long was the journey, And I become unrecognizable with this distance. With no understanding of how it was that you came upon it all. No warning had been given only lusting descriptions of its wonder. Now that I stand before it I finally have answers to my many questions But you did not mention it would also tell me of every horror ever known. No I am broken and alone Sitting here leaned up against the trunk Too weak to move, it is here I’ll stay forever Unable to look away from all the things I never wanted to know.