A Harvest of Windblown Souls

To this wavering family tree
I’m but a withering leave
My rustling a plea to free
To flee my mind’s sieve

Though their love is evergreen
Having strayed too far from my roots
I’m the first to fall this season
I crunch beneath the march of boots

To this quivering branch
I wish to be a fertile seed
Far beyond its clenching reach
Lest I end up mere bird-feed

A scattered golden existence
Trampled by uncaring soles
A slow death marks our brown existence
A harvest of windblown souls
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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