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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.

Copyright © GM Veranes | Year Posted 2015

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Eric Boddie Date: 8/30/2015 12:22:00 PM there are many things we are not meant to know or understand....that's why we are not God, we are only man....Made In His Image And With Access To His Power....Prayer Even Works Through The Last Tick Of The Final Hour....;) Login to Reply Eric Boddie Date: 8/30/2015 9:48:00 PM this is what hit me when I read your Beautiful words....;) GM Veranes Date: 8/30/2015 1:14:00 PM They are always so beautiful, thank you Eric GM Veranes Date: 8/30/2015 1:13:00 PM How do you do this? ! Are these lines what come to you after you read this, or are they something previously written? Please enlighten me!!