The Family.

A irreverent stab at a nation of fools!

It starts with a seed, white and pure,

Soiled and brown by soil itself alone,

A sprinkle of nature our life giver water,

Careful now for it might just hit a stone.

Resembling a weed at first peek,

Squinting petals as it sees dawn's light,

Pushing up to heaven at a trains pace,

Yet getting no-where in this lonely fight.

At last my first goal is achieved,

My arms as green as grass, are free,

But wait, there are others here to see,

A lot bigger but yet the same as me.

Years have passed, I'm now strong and tall,

My trunk is full and sturdy in stature,

My leaves come and go in all colours,

All that is wrong is my tiny root fracture.

Oh God help us all we hear the rumbling,

See those orange caps coming closer by me,

A roaring engine and spinning blades,

Years old bark now stripped it has to be.

Alas my beauty and power wasn't enough,

The family has all been chopped down,

At least the paper we make may be useful,

Not even that can turn this horrid frown.

Author's Note

Thoughts welcome.

Reviews

[Mark]

Nicely told! I connected with this, with the trees. I felt the images of orange capped loggers come to kill. There is deeper meaning here as well, not spoken. The implications of death to support... ? legal briefs? paperbacks? computer paper for children to print out their Paint scribbles?

Nice and different. I enjoyed reading it.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you

[roy mccarthy]

great write
it flows well too
nice rhyme scheme....

[RidingTheWind]

I've never thought about this sort of thing from a tree's point of view, and it really made me think about it. You've done a great job of describing everything, it's a wonderful piece :)

[anne p. murray- LadeeAn..]

Trees~ so necessary, so beautiful. Natures gifts in so many, many ways. Yet, the ecology and sociology between nature, and it's relationship with humans, is never going to provide the protection that's adamently needed to save the forests, the waters, the air we breathe; human greed mixed with the seeds that need to flourish.
Very well written and necessary to acknowledge the effects of society against the Mother of us all...Nature

[Tina Kline]

Seeing this from the tree's point of view makes the situation even sadder. I think you did a wonderful job on this well written poem.

[SpokenWord]

Trading our air for paper only humans can make sense of that. I think this is awesome write to me it is about a tree but also about mankind as we grow like this and meet our end in the same way at our own hands of course. Straight shooter with a social point as the bullet. Great write.

[IceDragonOfPluto]

Nicely done. I like the metaphor being used between human and plants ;)

[Jenny Nelson]

Flows quite well. Very artistically stated, but understandable. Point well made. Nice write!

[LA Lorena]

You've painted a true picture of nature bleeding. Loved the rhyme and flow, it's damn good. it's a poetic clear cut, a stark wake up call.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you both so much!

[Jill Wallflower]

I really like this. I like the rhyme and the theme of it :) good job