Twigs~

~inspired on the branching branches of the Tree~

Fingertips dance, rally in a cluster of tiny twigs

girls with feather eye lashes

dressed in foliage;

Onyx  is made of pinecones and wild flowers

Jade is made of juniper and nettle branches

 

Bleeding bird, dreaming of being a boy

between their prayerful palms

pressed

with opulent devotion against the cloudless October sky

 

They pull little pieces from themselves

their nimble fingers elemental emerald  

spill vines

interlace intent

luxuriant in faith

 

Bird’s wounds mend with verdant shoots

Onyx

Jade

in sync

rebuild a nest on a top branch

where a little bird will reinforce

the solidity

with his firm stance

against the elements

will reinforce the miracle

wings spread to each dawn

in a nest made of pinecones and juniper

 

 

 

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~ roots within a review to Sweet_pale_Cacaphony's Tumble Down:

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/~swaha~/614337/

 

 

Author's Note

~roots within a review to Sweet_pale_Cacaphony's Tumble Down~http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/~swaha~/614337/~

Reviews

[ice]

This reminds me a lot of myself as a boy..for some reason.
It brings back memories of climbing trees and staring at baby birds, in nests,
..and dreaming I was them..perhaps they were "dreaming of being a boy"?

"Bird’s wounds mend with verdant shoots"
Is this mending done by the same "force that through the green fuse drives the flower", spoken of in the Dylan Thomas poem ?
Sorry.I really get into a poem when I read it. I become it in a way...
I'll shut up now
As you can probably tell, Selene, I really liked this poem.
ice

[FireWoman]

The tree symbolizes strength, yet the tiny bird is unwavering and builds to only rebuild again. You are both the tree and the bird =)

[C]

You make me long to be a bird in that forest home, smelling the forest floor of juniper.

[Maurice]

Very alive and magnificent. Outstanding as always.

[Moonflower]

Crisp, intricately woven descriptions, magnificent imagery, my dear.

[the_stoic]

what i always love about your writes is that you always deal with the elements and creations of nature so immaculately ... another touching write ..

[.]

only you could write about something so simple and make it sound like the most wonderous vision..

[Geralyn Miller]

So intensely beautiful; I could smell the forest trees and hear the wind wuther through them.

[Amy Bumpas]

Something as simple as a twig, and you breathed life in it...
color, movement, a home, safe and sound. The miracle of
life, and so mote it be.

[Sean M. Addams]

very beautifully done and well expressed ..i liked this alot ... very inspirational