Wild and Serene in a Thousand Shades of Green

trees curled and blackened,

scarred not only by the natural environment in which they grew,

but their corpses defamed 

by the very forces that took their lives

flame

hoof

hand

desecration of their corpses.

yet not so far above lives 

wild

green

serene

a bright shadow

a reminder of what used to be.

take a walk among it and realize

just how much we have lost.

lose yourself in the vines,

twisting and curling,

wild and mangled,

a thousand 

shades of

green.

reaching out fingers of desperation,

pleading us.

remember.

remember. 

remember.

the environment in which we grew

that shaped how we formed our branches

the species we were,

the species we supported.