Waringin Tree

Waringin, aka Banyan tree. This is a tanka/pantoum form...

The waringin tree,
a beautiful parasite,
wrapped round comely hosts
spreads its strangler fig fingers,
makes an external death womb.

Striking parasite
covering up Nature's mistakes,
stretching, cocooning,
a canvas over a canvas,
a reverse chrsyalis.

Nature's eraser,
cancer curing ugliness
washing the canvas
with a culling lullabye,
soothing painted death bag.

Malignant beauty,
the waringin masterpiece
sings its host to death
with strangler figs round the neck,
a hand woven closed casket.

Stunning sarcoma,
this beautiful parasite
lays the host to rest,
spreads its strangler fig fingers,
makes an external death womb.

Author's Note

As mentioned in the description I wrote this in a mixture of tanka/pantoum...sort of an extended haiku almost. It's a very restrictive form but I think it keeps me from being to verbose...Not sure if the punctuation is working here. Should I nix it?