A tree once golden now dies,
her bones now marrowless.
Her blood holds only goodbyes,
Behold! life in its narrowness.
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This poem is phenomenal. Your words brought life to this moment of death, and I agree with Tiger, it's absolutely captivating!
Beautiful poem. Captivating from beginning to end and lovely imagery. The second stanza is my favorite verse, great write! :)
This is both really sad and really beautiful. You've taken a natural moment of sadness, within the life cycle, and made it come alive (more so than it is) . For me this poem has a touch of magic to it, or at least the pure beauty of nature.