Poetry

Druid Tree

Magnificent. Barren
It had come crashing, breaking the air
With dead branches splayed on forest floor
Limbs to crack musty wormed earth with sound
Only resonant now to silence and peeling bark
Yet it was here, waiting
Looming from gloom like a thing of wonder
Waiting, for us.

We crawled unsteady across thick strong arm, safe
To dangle laced boots above shallow glass
With icy pebbles gurgling hidden under meek water
We dreamt of druids in waning russet-blue sky
Pale with whispers of vanished people
Ancient deep barbarous wisdom, so lost and terrible and raw,
Made me think of the power of this moment
Of you of love, although I did not say.

Time to capture stilled moments for forever, for it was
Beautiful, so beautiful in half-light half-knowledge of
This silent emotion that stuffed crisp cold air
With tentative baby steps until our fingers entwined
And you said that now would bring you happiness in sadness
I was mute with trembling unsure truth
So I said Forever, despite impossible infinity that neither
You nor I believe in.

And we stayed,
Even though I was scared of gentle darkness
Cigarette-breath rising ethereal grey from lips
That tasted of smoke in lungs, mine, and
Bittersweet passion that rose, ghostly, like
Those old mystics in
The fear of all the things I wanted to do to
You.


Music- Placebo- Meds

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