Steel jaws with serrated teeth clamp down
Sap flows copiously from ragged wounds
Roots rend the morning air with silent screams
The mechanical monster tugs violently
Roaring with rage it tears the tree from the earth
Centuries of existence coalesce in one instant
Limbs sliced off without ceremony
Dragged by chains onto a waiting truck
Destination the sawmill...to face further indignities
Author notes
If Trees were conscious...how would they feel?
Please tell me what you think
Comments
-
Epic feel, a battle story with uneven odds
If trees were conscious, I believe they would feel the last word of this poem, "indignities". They would sense the lack of humility and respect for their noteworthy endurance and feel intensely slighted that their brilliant survival over so much natural, destructive phenomena would seem futile. This poem reads like the beginning of an epic saga, with the hero the tree of "centuries of existence". The menacing machine of piercing imagery is the relentless foe. The battle scene is fierce and there is no real victory, just another great sadness for the natural world.
-
it is really a great poem...you hav touched a very sensitive subject..... no one is thinking that what we are leaving for our upcoming generation...the last line of the poem is very sensuous.keep it up
-
Very Nice
I like this poem. it hasd a meaning and a purpose it makes alot of sense and its not something many poets would think about writing. your AN really intrigues me and well for me I would think they would all congergate and well have a meeting and decide what theyw ant to do LOL! seriously if I were a tree and I coulf feel pain I wouldn't like it very much and would hope one of my brotheran would fall down and create some damage to make the humans pay. any ways a very well written poem and I enjoyed the read. keep up the nice work as always
Adding your comment:
