People

I don't want to see the trees fall,

But when they do I bring them back up again.

I almost can't stand the weight anymore.

I search for every muscle molecule that I can find

and bring them back up again.

I can only dream of the day when the trees stop falling.

Reviews

[Corset]

I see fire. weeeeelllll, trees will forever fall, trees will forever burn, in those ashes the growing ground becomes fertile again. We make it rain, and the trees grow even more plentiful.

[Emily B]

trees fall and we plant more trees but they aren't the same trees

people fall and we can't replace them either but we never give up the memory

but you knew all this

[TL Boehm]

But when they do I bring them back up again.
If only.....
Well penned. Thanks to The Left Handed Smoke Shifter for sending this one my way.

[r. f. jordan]

i appreciate the double-spacing in the structure, it reminds me of the lapping of waves as well as a stand of fallen timber. i also appreciate the art of wishing against that which appears inevitable, as if choiosing to carry the ideal no matter what. this is skilled work, and i thank you for sharing it.

[eglantine]

extremely hushed tone, mimicing the immediate after of a tree falling. I like the idea of "every muscle molecule" but not sure if I like how the words actually sound within this poem--too sudden of a scientific specificness. But perhaps that makes it stronger, because it is so sudden.

[writing mojo]

you have the sawing of logs per-say, in sleep and dreams in this one , a forest not just any one can see in reverse, planning a head of the nocturnal curve, bending and persuading, the molecular human spirit in time of nature and nurture in tune..good stuff

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlande..]

I am going to write something in response to this..I love what Emily loved

[Emily B]

i like the repetition, and the circularity between the tittle and the falling trees