Nature's Remedy

Naked trees whose dilapidated bodies have outgrown the test of time shoot unseemly into the unaccommodating sky flustering as they walk by Nude trees laden with deceptive shadows waiting for the morrow Echoing a somber tune with superficial topsoil eroding from the mad earth I sat on the top of the exalted mount watching brittle trees swaying doubtfully in the motionless wind and one force would have done them in Fragile branches stick delicately form their wounded side reaching out and cracking slowly with a forceful smile while angels lament by their sides I recall the good old days when there was laughter everywhere smoke rushing out the chimneys and grandpa with his wooden axe piling up woods on the side of the stream and dragging them into the fireplace Drunken men sitting on the side of the street infuriated with exuberant laughter knocking dominoes and shouting at terrified girls parading the streets in short mini skirts. strong women in tall long skirts knocking their tambourines as the minstrel marched around in circles and unruly men with loud music sticking out their feet in fancy jeeps shouting Dry grass lay flat on the reproachable ground howling as if winter is still around As far as the naked eyes could behold green trees are floating in the horizon way beyond me but close beside me green leaves are barely sprouting on the topless trees The earth is still casting doubts as it sinks deeper into its devouring throat drenched by its painful self-inflicted wound spreading misery throughout I kept sobbing at nature's frequent disruptions and mankind useless inventions cars sliding and young men gallivanting and swearing under the dark bridge Shameful faces hang in despair holding onto to a cloud that is not there And Noah whom they say was a religious freak took one hundred and twenty years to build a ship that spared daylight out of darkness and give rise to a new moon And what of the black plague that torment millions of bones in their sorrowful graves And the Spanish flu had its impact too who knows what really brought it about Nature has sucked the life out of the earth waiting for a miraculous rebirth while death pounds heavily on fragile doors.