Ancient Tree from Ancient Tree by David Barber

Ancient tree
You whisper wind
And you must clutch this land with roots like a witches claw
If you do
Then sleep will I
In-between your greatest branch and your softest soil
And if you don't
Then I might die
You would squish my skull shut if your trunk should fall
Down on me

Don't you fall down on me
Please don't fall on me

Peaceful house
Hopeful home
The one that saved me from the avalanche of homes that fell
Your foundation
Allowed me mine
The space where-in I began to heal was in-between your walls
The ancient tree
You live beside
All my bones would break if either one of you should fall
Down on me

Don't you fall down on me
Please don't fall on me
Don't you fall down
Don't you fall down on me
Please don't fall on me

Then you went and fell down
Then you went and fell down
Then you went and fell down

I was banished from my haven then they burned the tree alive
Turned the house to rubble and then turned away their gaze
I was wilted like a wounded flower as heart break turned to tears
(wailing)

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