Tree of madness
tree of angst
set with thorns
sweating blood
pain tree though
evergreen
showering ghosts
shedding loss
Overshadowed tree
insect gnawed
rot infected
lightning blasted
around whose roots
the serpent coils
around whose branches
flits the white bird
buried in heaven
to flower through veins
arteries nerves
capillary tree
in infinite skies
descending up
and ascending down
rod of aeons
on the high mountain
nurturing
moss and lichen
mould gathering
mushrooms
where the spider weaves
and the rocks nest
and the bat flitters
and the kestrel waits.
