"the dreaming tree"

[BabyGrace]

which is, coincidentally, my favourite DMB song

bright calling
your wisdom branches unnoticed
quiet, calm, and undermining
your roots heave up the dry earth
set time into the tumult of change
seeing, knowing eyes
protect their fragile depth
thoughtless blows untaken
bite into your concience
cruelty renders scars of hope
blood pours from your gaping wounds
feeding the dry dust
so your roots may spread
each drop whispers the pain
of your teaching
and your knowing
tiny twigs reach for a blue heaven
of emotion
with diamond of feeling
set in vast canvas of experience
yet as dusk creeps in
you crawl back to hide
beneath the bare limbs
of your imagination


for all poets

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A vampire or a victim
It depends on who's around...