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My Tree

Lightning once struck my tree
And sundered for me a cradle
To hide from the oblivion of days long past

Tears carved their marks within my tree
As the torment of each day
Severed sanity from inside out

Pain left pitted tracks in the bark
As my scars that don’t show
Forced frustration onto my shoulders

Grief tore its way through the branches
When unanswered wishes only brought
Old sorrow with new bruises

Misery engraved its name among the leaves
When screams went unheard
Or worse, ignored

The roots buried my memory
As all hands struck with vicious efficiency
Compelling me to forget

Walking away from my tree after
Lightning stuck again
And vaporized what was left up there

I shed a single tear watching
The tree that held me, burn to ashes
With what was left of my childhood



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