Ashley and Ash-Tree

The snow falls on silence

Ash-field expanses of grey

 

Bla-Blop, Bla-Blop

 

They scatter and they mix

Making a colorful

Pallet of death

 

Skeletal tongues

Are where they settle

 

And absence of laughter

Echoes loudly

 

Images of once proud fathers

Images of happy plump mothers

Scatter to nothing, buried under ash

And further buried under snow

 

Life comes after tragedy

And Green meets the world

 

A New Rebirth!

 

Peaking from snow and grass

Is a sliver of a small pink dress

 

Perhaps, her name was Sarah?

Or Lauren? Or Ashley?

I know not this unnamed sorrow

 

From it comes an Ash-Tree

A slender tree of life

 

Perhaps, symbolizing strife gone past

A happy tree in the place of absent laugh

 

It bends, it sways, and People come again

It sits dewy in the sun

 

On its bark reads,

“Ashley’s Ash-Tree. Here to stay."

 

On this tree sits a sleeping girl

In a pink dress

Held by a woman of coloring, gray

 

So they sit, upon Dear Ash-Tree

Forever and a day

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[L.Edward]

Refreshing and earthy. A sheer joy to behold. As I have spent many an afternoon whittling away time, with my back against a tree, this evokes a strong sense of groundenss through my inner eye. Many thanx.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Wow, thank you so much. People typically have very different opinions on the emotion this poem evokes in them.

[L.Edward]

Yeah, I hear ya. Mind revolves around my spiritual journey. I tend to interpret pieces of writing in light of my path. Like golden fruits of inspiration they hang above the trail and give me spiritual sustenance as I walk. Many blessings.

[Balkaran Sidhu]

ah so lovely..so cute...welll penned

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

thank you :-) It was actually inspired by my friends ashley and cassie

[The Nude Writer]

Very lovely poem :) as always.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol thanx again as always I love hearing from you

[Aehr]

Lovely imagery. Great job! keep writing :)

[Racy Daniel]

Good writing although font isn't that much good. Keep going.

[Joey Johnson]

Nicely done, I enjoyed reading it.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Glad ya did cuz I enjoyed writing it

[marie]

interesting, leaves a curiosity about me, oh how you have made my mind roam, thank you for this, i have been in a stump lately and this has freed me from it, i am dying to know the origin of this piece, its lovely

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Honestly I just wrote it randomly during free time at school. Though I based upon the villages that would become ash villages in the wake of a volcano but would be perfectly preserved and would act as a sort of fertilizer for the new future life to spring once more.

[marie]

Well you did a wonderful job in this:)

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I'm glad you think so lol it's getting a lot more attention than I suspected it ever could

[marie]

The best of a writers work isn't often expected for greatness

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

aw well aint you the sweetest :-D same goes for you to ya know

[yusuf]

An interesting amalgamation of words and thoughts! I liked how you have framed it! Kudos to you my dear fellow poet. :)
do visit my works, would love to hear it from you. :)

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Im glad you liked it :-) I'll try to stop on by some time

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

If you have anything particular u'd like me to see message me cuz my rr's are overflowing so I have therefore temporarliy disabled it

[yusuf]

Sure,i shall do that. Thanks.