Tree of dreams
and visitations
leaved with hair
of fallen heroes
snake wreathed
giant guarded
threaded with voices
and children’s laughter
spread-eagled
against the morning
a scented trellis
spanning noon
blue crowned
tree of earth
water fire
of air of airs
light ship
dusky barge
sailing on
wind seasoned
around year ends
and back again
clay moored
soil harboured tree
prow lapped
by heaven’s tides
sun cradle
moon basket
cloud blanketed
cask of stars
rocking meteors
shaking planets
ploughing galaxies
on long oars
world hammering
sky raking
word breaking
rocksplitting tree
bone-cracking
wrist of boughs
tower of strength
pivot fulcrum
axial roof tree
ever turning
clawed through crust
on cliff and crag
pointed dactyl
spark igniting
flame hurling
quill clutched
in a stone fist
illuminating
day’s page
in green and gold leaf
manuscript
chiselling plaques
in night’s crypt
with serifs inked
kindling speech
of origins
to sing darkness’s
molten core
of ice moss and coal.
Tree of hope and fear…
to help the dream face the light
of brutal day…
You are in another place… :)
Another place and yet time holds us here together in the perpetual unfolding, the synchronicity, of our lives when we face the brutal light…