Zed Zed Poet Free verse

Pine Tree

You planted that pine tree
Evergreen like the love for your sons
It did not last. Uprooted. Ripped apart. 
Cut in half. Told to leave.
Like a loss of limbs you tore out the leaves.
The needles. Needless. Fruitless.
A symbol of your love
You damaged more than wood.
A reminder of what had been lost
The sap ran fast like blood.
The torn bark. Deafening. Silent.
Lifeless firs. Drowned by rain. By tears.
A picture painted violent.
Sap and blood to colour life’s canvas
The firs and feelings used as brushes.
A masterpiece in failure
Left unsigned. Left in pieces. Ruined.
Departed blood. An empty space where your tree once stood.

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