Beneath the Willow
I lay inaccessible and supine beneath my Willow
Her naked branches pull me upward
in a flurry of color, waves of light
She drops her clothing to cover her roots
Her muse once led my soul
Now, She whips at my stone
Dancing in the timbre of sunshine
Fire amidst rustling autumn foliage
I drift deep into the cold ground
Shimmering fall leaves bury me
fighting the march of winter
Prelude to the intake of biting air
Willow will sleep quietly
raining bitterness and delight
Blending…
of dried leaves, verdure and decay
Tang of freshly turned mud and dusty soil
She taunts me, coating my name with leaves
Burning embers, flashes of destruction
Move closer, She will burn
Does She Understand this…
Having no choice I am inside the flame of colors
Staring upward spinning blue, against white
She crashes to earth in a storm of orange…
Arcing, vivid orange, photosphere, blindingly
A searing prism
A golden illumination
An autumnal equinox
Her aroma full of passionate ecstasy
Willow, whispers of the changing winds
Listen you will hear her laughter at my entrapment
Roots dig deep, tearing into my sides as She reigns from above
I am… This volatile collision
A menagerie swept together of bitter green and biting hot
All but a memory of light and life
Shifting beneath a path of sweet promise
Willow worries not for me
She will feed off my flesh
Ripping into my marrow
Until I disintegrate into the cold ground, forever supine…
I posted this for Jingles Thrusday Poetry- I wrote it for the writers site I belong to, it was for their picture contest- October 2008. I added the picture that was used for that contest.