Twisted

Ghostly, slender trees
sprawling across the blue skies
like varicose veins.

Natural succession

With a trim, fit sheen,
paving a path to progress—
trees changing seasons.

Scarred, marred, and thorny
relationships; cast aside,
felled trees on sidewalks.

Wintry sun, the son,
radiating defiance,
against trees, parents.

Shrivelling over time,

crippling under the world’s weight—

the ageing, the tree.