Tree as symbol

[shai]

The branched ascent from thick to thin
Traces tangibles to non-existence
And though we start rooted deep in earth
we surely end in the ever shrinking radius of branch
until suddenly, without warning, we vanish as breath
or turn to veined leaf,
propelling us embodied,
if only for a short while,
to the universe of the real.

Let me be clearer:
The branched ascent from thick to thin
Traces tangibles to non-existence


Let me be clearer,
Let me stay beneath the ground,
Let me ride kinked dirt trail down.


Let me muddied nails and dead celled hairs,
and worms ringed tunnel ‘round root.
The core is warm I’m told, and I would just have to
dig deep

Though I know the problem with this sphere
Is that eventually you get to the other side
With either wet bodied gasp
or that final break through stratified layer of rock
where you realize that

The surface of soil and of sea are the same:
Have you ever noticed the sway leafed sky
Leave rolling hill shadows on earth
and the ocean reflect light on geodesic paths

here there is existence which precedes essence
here there is tree, and leaf, and bark
here there is alloy, and cement, and Styrofoam
here we discover
the branched descent from thick to thin

[kiz_paws]

Your poem was truly thought-provoking and an enjoyable read. :thumbs_up