Saturday, July 9, 2011

Last Tree Standing



They came with bulldozers and chainsaws


Tagged numbers on our trunks

Beasts ran for the hills

With retracted claws

They felled us, cut us into chunks.

I watched silently as they came for me

Branches trembling in the breeze

A whistle blew, I knew they'd be

On their way home now for their tea.

The horrific day turned to night-time black

I await now for them to come back

To take me to the others on the stack.



23rd July 2009

2 comments:

  1. this poem is one of my favorites. Like your new background, by the way.

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  2. Mine too! It's brighter and easier to look at, thanks Kately. :)

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