lack of love
Outside the open window the sorry sight of a tree encircled with rambling weeds a dark spot in the gloomy, obscure landscape No one to clear of its weeds No one to prune it No one to water it No one to love it Abandoned by the ones who once planted it His boney limbs stretched out as if to grab human flesh jolted by the blustery, November winds Crawling millipedes, oozy insects with glowing eyes and vast antennas plague the leafs tearing them to shreds Suctioning and digesting every single remaining drop of life Thick black liquid pours down the fragile truck, like an infested, nasty wound straining the corp It reaches the drained out, thirsty roots who slowly grope their way on to the crusty surface, not being able to hold the tree upright any longer In the bleakness of this starless night, the tree reminds of a forgotten monstrosity, enraged with his neglection, on the verge of ...