Family Tree

Roots and Branches Challenge

By Gerard DiLeoPublished about a year ago • 1 min read

The branches of my family tree

Branch out from the trunk of me

A lineage of my progeny

Of fruit, fallen, not far from me

Umbilical cord limbs are degrees

Of separation removed from me

But the same sap that defines my tree

Drips down to the ground I see

Four seasons cycle inclemently

And verdantly poise the lush I'll be

Punctuated by barren wintries

Proud plumage explodes preemptively

And concentric rings of history

Embrace, enclose autobiography

Presenting my documentary

Of the forest, not seen, for the trees

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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