Short Branch Out Poems

desire to branch out 
hoping for leaves to caress
lightning interrupts



For Delilah Ventura’s  “I Am a Tree Contest”....

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Trying to branch out on here --
exploring verse of many a poet

to give them joy in being read,
that's how it goes, I know it! :)...

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My arms branch out wide
    
                     to reach over regrets

                                         and reservations......

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Life is like a tree
              we branch out in all directions
              but it's the branch we hang on
              that makes us sway or fall......

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BONFIRE

lights a match lets it burn his fingers
trees tremble as the flames branch out igniting twilight

10/10/2017
Landay Form...

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Branch out like leaves do
Picked a clover instead of 
Looking for Unique

it's autumn time now..
missed the forest for the trees
send me ease breeze please
...

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I feel like a tree
That has grown into a wall
Unable to branch out
Pushing against blocks
Stacked up
T
A
L
L
I’m bound in stone
With heavy roots
So we both can exist
And not have to fall...

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Stand Tall be proud 
Reach for the sky
Branch out into the world 
Stay grounded 
Remember your roots 
Drink plenty of water 
Be confident 
Never stop growing 
Bend before your break 
Enjoy the view...

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Where hearts are broken and unpleasant words spoken.  This is the land of 
disease where emotions branch out like trees.  Caught up in emotions bringing 
out strong devotions.  Accepting the price when playing love with dice.  Never any 
cure for love was once pure.  In the end love will betray you as a friend....

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It's been a while 
since I could look at you
 forgive you for all you've done 
it's been a while 
that I could forgive myself for loving you 
and move on 
it's been a while 
since I could stand alone 
without asking for help 
make a new name for myself 
and branch out again 
it's been a while 
since I was me again...

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As you count the rings of your tree of poetry
It will tell you that age of this tree
The bark will cover what you have within
Your limbs will branch out to others
And show them what you have within
They will touch each other and bring harmony
Your leaves will be green and others will envy your color
In the fall your leaves will fall to be gathered
To be burned into other souls...

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***
If you should go,
And I should stay,
And the sun will set,
And the flowers will wither,
And the birds will fly home,
And the summer will end,
And the leaves will fall,
And will feed the earth,
And will seed new growth,
And will branch out greens,
And will host birds, 
And beauty will bloom,
I will hold the sun 
Deep within my breast all night long.


- maria
10.9.15...

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Fluffy,puffy little cloud
I know that you are allowed
To give a little rain to me
So I can grow into a great, big tree.

I would like to stretch up high,
Maybe even touch the sky,
Spread my limbs and branch out
So all my leaves can dance about.

But if you don't give me some rain
I know my roots will feel the strain,
Please don't be afraid to cry
And let teardrops fall from the sky....

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Paths branch out
From the main road
Sitting, stalling
Then choosing

All the roads I've traveled
Lead me back
Guide me to
A single path

So I walk
Step by step
Footprints the only things
That follow 

No idea
What lays ahead
Only knowing
What lays behind

No fear
All anger left
At the crossroads
Sitting beside my regrets

Walking this path
A single path
My path of pebbles and sand
Feels to right to be wrong...

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FALL    IN    THE    SNOW

Navigating deserted street , timorously,
Seems  ok underfoot, so branch out a little.
No ice, just hard-packed snow.
Sidewalk  looks  white, innocent, safe.

Left foot treachery,   collapse to port side
Like a tree felled at random
Or a ship torpedoed.
Lie still, winded and unsure of breakages

Try  to catch breath. 
Test leg, - ok.   Lone  passer-by  offers hand
Pulls me to the surface.
Rooted again, step gingerly out once more....

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They'll say that I have lived my life
only when I'm dead.
That everything I lived between
was terminal instead.

A world of passing others
too familiar with ourselves.
Not seeing their perspective
or conceiving of themselves.

A simple fact to be addressed
improving of yourselves.
By simple act of looking out
and learning for ourselves.

By knowing others for the time
we branch out into more.
Where here and now becomes a place
that we might leap and soar....

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