Wood you like to see!

With a weathered piece of wood

I take to, with my plane.

Each layer removed;

One ring, one year;

One chapter revealed

Of a life concealed.

Stripping the layers

Years peel, curl,

And fall.......

To the ground;

A tree's life unfolds.

With rot, a stress

Endured with time.

A gnarl, a knot 

From seasons so cruel

A message carved in wood

Reading: "I love you"

Of an old love.

No longer in view.

Each grain of wood

Rings of time

They started boldly

Slowed with time.

I shave the layers

A testament to time

Each layer a story

A fight to the end.

One sees 

One cries

One feels

When the tree died. 

The core, 

The birth.

The very end.

Reviews

[alf]

Hi Andrew. Ah! I can almost see that moonlight rising and taking you into those places in your mind that only a moon can lead you to. Those pills are working, my friend!! Loved the analogy of tree and life, or the life of a tree, or the tree of life!!! This is another of those deeply introspective moments that create those little gems I adore!!! alf

[andrew mitchell]

As always alf I'm humbled by your kind words:)

[alf]

Never kind, my friend, I don't do kindness!!!

[andrew mitchell]

lol You have the biggest heart on WC!! and the joy you bring. Your audience is so big from your warmth my friend lol

[Perkele.7885]

Like reading of a tome. A large book of many pages, each with much to read and devour.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Perkele.7885 for dropping by. Nice to meet you too.

[....................]

Such a beautiful write about life, Andrew and what better way to describe it than that of planing a tree to revel the rings until you reach it's core.

[andrew mitchell]

Why thank you FT for your kind words and you just stepped out of your brevity suit as I look at all these words!! my friend lol

[....................]

Yes, I am not always so brief :)

[B]

I love the layers to your words ....

You symbolize time and its passing so well

I can actually feel time when i read this

This is quite cool

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you nisreenaa

[E G TEN]

Cool, calm, and collective.
Precisely very Impressive.
Wide/Long range in reserved.
Batteries not included.

Thanks for sharing! ;)

[andrew mitchell]

lol thank you EGTEN

[Jamestown]

Again such a well penned piece of work!
I love wood and wood work, there is most definitely a beauty
in all wood and unique to say the least, I am amazed that you
can write such a different range of poetry, keep up the good work!
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Jamestown and you are so right, the beauty of wood! :):)

[Beccy]

Andrew. I love this! It's not only a paean to the beauty and longevity of trees, (without which this world would be a much poorer place,) it's also a grand metaphor to life itself.

So very much enjoyed. Beccy.

[andrew mitchell]

I thank you so very much Beccy:) And you are so right!

[~]

WOW!!!!!!! Such endearing sentiment! I absolutely loved the concept of the rings of the tree and shaving them off to reveal what is closer to the core. I know that when cut the right angle, there are stunning images that come out of the wood, just like your heart!!

[andrew mitchell]

I love the images of wood, the knots, their rings of patterns. Thank you Moonskittles:):)

[~]

welcome :D