Tag: isolation

• Hollow

  

  In a clearing stands a hollow treethat has long since lost its crown of leaves,Its bark is cracked from weathered storms,Its brittle branches – gnarled, forlorn –lay battered, scattered all around,And when they fell they made no sound,For this broken tree stands all alone,Splintered, fractured, stripped to bone,No more birds to nest, nor squirrels to…

  Serena Malcolm

  5 July, 2021

  Mental Health

  alone, depression, isolation, loneliness, mental health, metaphor, poem, poetry, tree

• The Lion’s Share

  

  Camel aside, the straw that broke the lion’s back was not in fact a straw at all, but the utter gall of the Pride arriving after the fall, Her cry was guttural and yet they stalled, But had they been there still – had that been their will – curiosity may not have lured this…

  Serena Malcolm

  11 January, 2020

  Other

  alone, Analogy, death, family, friends, hardship, isolation, life, lion, loneliness, metaphor, poem, poet, poetry, pride, story, struggle