Cradled in the
Womb of the Earth
Connected to the
Dense molten core
Through suckling roots
Nourished by the
Generous land
She gifts the world
Arboreal life
Took me in graciously
An orphan seed
Nurtured
Even cherished me
𓇣𖥧𖠰𖥧𓇣
Tree born
Emerging
I was carved
Limb and trunk
Growth continues
Down to this day
Light reaching my
Heartwood
Green and tender
Like a sapling
I am malleable
Vulnerable
In the wind
𓇣𖥧𖠰𖥧𓇣
Until one wild spark
Ignites
Flashing flames feast on
Shrubby vegetation
Ringing legs and feet
Every leaf and stem
Camouflaging the past
Instantaneously
Blasted from this plane
𓇣𖥧𖠰𖥧𓇣
While bark may harden
Foliage singed away
I will still be standing
Watching ash
Carry
Blown hither on the breeze
K.B. Silver
About the Creator
K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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