The fallen tree of Trust

[ChromaKey]

The fallen tree of Trust;
its burnt-out stump a husk
of shattered dreams and broken things
that once were loved, but life lost lust.

Would hate move in, oh yes; we see
"let's find new purpose for this tree!"
such purple demagoguery.
It's been working, and quite busy
erecting walls that stand most tall
designed and built to slash and wilt
the quiet hearts, ones without guilt,
just trying to live lives that tilt
toward better places, times, and built
together with us all.

(requiem, coda)
The fallen tree of Trust
... a funny thing this, but
although its gone, some souls live on
they stand in place, live lives with grace
in withered love, lost truth, bad faith;
in fondness, may they find some way.

--CK 2017-02-17

[Josey]

Excellent CK! Very soothing!


Repubs are Red
Dems are Blue
Neither of them
Gives a flyin flip about you.

-Joeschmo 2/whenever/17

[cabinish]

Hers was soothing, yours wasn't. CK wins.

CK's obviously deeply sad. I'm a poet myself and it takes introspection and contemplation,
much less to write something as deep as CK tends to go.

Thank you for sharing your deepest thoughts with us, CK.

[Josey]

I should know better, when I'm clearly out matched by the resident EGB poet! LOL

...mine did rhyme pretty good though?

If it doesn't rain or snow pretty soon,
we are all going to be singing a sad tune...

[Cinnamongirl]

Joe keep in mind this is the poetry forum. If you want to start your own thread. Go for it.

[comedy queen]

very lovely, thanks for sharing! Trust is a huge and important issue!
Hugs!