in my roots underground, bits of grief still remain

lingering memories, replacing joy by pain

in my roots underneath my silent cries grind and burn

shaping my own defeat to the point of no return



you are leaving me to cope with my scars

ignoring me for what? I don't know

former joy burnt down and decayed,

all that might have been turned to hate

dew washed away by the rain, acid bitterness eats me

it burns a hole in my crust,

seedlings of our trust won't grow no more



leafless you left me as leaves fell down to earth



naked I became when you left,

lonely is the woods of my trunc

where in the whirl of your thoughts was the reason anyway?

Seasons nature's cure for my shame,

in time my branches will grow again

spring, winter's foe has arrived,

blooming I once did... and will do again...



what did I do wrong to lose your trust?

the tree that's me was shook

you turned your back and left,

can't you see I was afraid of you

and of that higher tree that took the sun away

it all happened much too fast for me

and what you didn't know:

your tears were acid rain browning my green