The Grafting

10/29/1017

There is a tree that overshadows innocence

An ancient one that grows over the eyes

Of all those that truly seek

It's constricting roots, entangle in the throats

Of those desperately trying to speak

Like an alluring web, it spreads out grim wings

To distort everything

There is a tree that bears death

It's flowers bloom overhead in pulsating waves

Of color that hypnotizes the meek

While it empowers itself by grafting us to it's reach

Inside it crawls the thought patterns of the weak

Planting seeds within to multiply without

The stars become bleak

With lips blackened 

I have tasted its fruits of deceit

With memories fabled

Let me sleep

 

Author's Note

graft:
NOUN
a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
synonyms:
scion · cutting · shoot · offshoot · bud · slip · new growth · sprout · sprig
medicine
a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
synonyms:
transplant · implant · implantation
VERB
insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.
"it was common to graft different varieties onto a single tree trunk"
medicine
transplant (living tissue) as a graft.
"they can graft a new hand onto the arm"
synonyms:
transplant · implant · transfer
insert or fix (something) permanently to something else, typically in a way considered inappropriate.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Your expression is brilliant, backed by brilliant thinking. I spotted this in the first 2 lines. The whole idea of grafting & branches that entangle, on & on, it's my story of how strangling it can be out where the masses reign & torment (I'm a loner thriving in the wilderness). I'm glad I found you, don't believe I've ever read you, but I'll be reading more of you! *smile*

[joshua deathdealer]

Thank you!! (:

[Robert Haigh]

A darkly expressive poem, with some interesting imagery. Makes me think of the murky world of politics!

[joshua deathdealer]

Thanks for the comment. It's been awhile since I've seen any activity on this site. It definitely wasn't written from a political standpoint, more of a spiritual trip lol. Thanks Robert!

[Droll Prole]

Very cool. I like the imagery and feeling of strangulation of free thought.