The Tree

Does a tree feel?

I wish I were a tree.

Can trees feel?

Can trees feel the rough antagonizing weather? Like his words

Can they feel the birds and squirrels teetering on their branches? Like his touch

Do they feel their roots sinking into the ground and trying to become stable and stand tall? Like my heart's roots sinking into him

Do they feel the rain and the snow falling down on them, like a river slowly gushing it's treasure? Like my tears

Do they feel the wind blowing, their roots moving, their branches shaking, their leaves leaving? Like his actions

Can they feel when someone decides to strike them down with cold metal and steel?

Do they feel the loss of themselves, and do they lose memories of watching from the years of being planted into the earth? Do they feel the loss and the pain?

Maybe being a tree is not that different from being me.

Author's Note

Written on a whim. I saw a certain picture and it made me sad, I guess. I really do not like this one, but please tell me what you think regardless.

Reviews

[Ayesha Atif]

Hm mm, the concept of the poem is amazing and the poem overall is brilliant.
Perhaps, there is a little error in the formatting, poetries are never formatted and paragraphed the way you have portrayed; even though you have, to make it look different but in 'professional' poetry its never formatted in this manner. (I hope I haven't hurt you).

I really liked the poem, its beautiful, the imagery used has made it magnificent. :)

[Tate Morgan]

I love it I love the trees around my house they are stoic natural se3ntinals to the passing of time

[Lexi Nicole]

Sad, but lovely. I rather like this piece. I like how you compare all the forces of nature to the acts of a person. Nice work!

-Howl

[Alisa_the_fluff_ball]

Maybe being a tree is not that different from being me.

Genius love! Pure ****ing genius!

--Alisa_the_fluff_ball

[Sean M. Addams]

a really deep piece lots of good imagery in this and the ending summons it up very well... overall nice job on this one!!!

[deeps]

ilike it I see teh leaves falling as the sadness
I like the write and teh imagery i got with this write.