Tag: tree

• 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