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The Proliferous Tree

Dawn broke fiercely in my proud face forcing me quickly through the broken gate Everything was so still but I kept walking until I reach the bottom of the hill curious cars passed by honking their horns and bidding me goodbye They watched me tumbled down the stricken mound With stars shining above me and darkness surrounds me As daylight peeps through the thick bush the compelling clouds appear blocking my path leaving me cold dry and bare stricken in the midst of the dark battered and bruised inside I kept walking and held strong to my conviction A ferocious energy whisked me across the pitch-black street And the half moon suddenly appears shining its bright light throughout exposing all its glory and everything about I walked humble along the tracks humming a song from way back watching the moon light casting shadows everywhere disrupting my emotion and everyone that I love so dear It wasn't time for the full moon yet but the radiation was so strong that it brought an enormous hoopla around me I stumbled down the river bank and stand on a flat rock in the water And whisper a prayer to the Gods but God too has abandon me Daylight finally broke loose sending everyone on the run and putting the public on notice The hot sun came out scorching everything far and near I searched for a quite place to stay but this precarious feelings continue to haunt me the entire day I lie flat under a tree on the grass thinking And I could still hear the birds near me grumbling A fight broke out in the tree and those beyond me were protesting I crossed the street to seek some consolation and I saw a woman in a long blue dress standing in the middle of the river doing a photo shoot Blue in nature green in nature wrapped up together I walked back and forth the dejected track trying to find my way back so I journey to the other side of the river and stumbled upon a proliferous tree A gigantic tree fixed on the river bank with branches protruding in every land giant roots popping out of the ground and fibrous roots spreading all around carnivorous in nature it bends over the the silent river with big hollow branches running under I sat on cemented rocks on the river bank Watching the water running down the fall And the birds frantically disputing in the trees as if they have something significant to tell me Something kept digging my soul gutting the proliferous tree that hangs over me and unveiling the taproots that anchors me.

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Date: 5/19/2017 6:46:00 AM
Very deep and nightmarish. This seems like a place that everything else has forgotten, leaving you to wander and question. Nicely done.
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