Cycle of death

[nightduty]

From the tree they took flight
From the tree they found delight
From the tree they sought shelter
From the tree they raised their kin
From their tree they threw love away
From the tree they were slew
From the tree they hang
Into the tree their souls went
Beneath the ground their bones wait
Feeding the tree
So the cycle may begin again.

[fstasu]

I see the cycle of life in this, with it's stark endings. Good write.

Bobbi

[EverJack]

Interesting, Fi......  I think of Druids when I read this.

Jack

[robocat]

Your poem makes the tree come to life with its own history.  I had a student once who wrote a story about a tree on the campus of the school, recalling past students that had come and gone.  This poem reminded me of that.
Cathleen