Tree of Deceit
Let the hollow tree be void
It’s sap is sour not sweet
Dripping with empty words
It’s roots are broken ready to fall
It’s fruit with beauty has a taste of bitterness
Branches so weak the fruit falls to the ground
The bark so thin unable to stand upon it’s own
With rings of age deceiving all
Sucking the water from other trees around
Draining them of life leaving them to die
Burning from the outside while the inside
Is cold and dark untouched by the flames of fire
Woodpeckers pecking for bugs to eat
Warning other trees to stay away
For these bugs have devoured it’s heart
Rendering it useless with rotten wood
Leaves without color crashing to the ground
Never gently floating with a light breeze
Mingling among others so as not to be seen
Deceitful and deceiving are these hollow trees
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