Saturday, January 15, 2022

Heart of the forest

In the soft sunlight of morning

this tree wears it hearts on its sleeve.

Ivy scales its bark,

mountain climbing

with tendril crampons

searching out each foothold.


In false symbiosis

the leafy-wife,

a black-widow,

seeks stranglehold vantage.


Death-bringer,

like a jewel

accessorises

in glistening frost

and, this morning, embellishes

in dishonest benevolence.

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