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Apple
A tall mahogany stump rises, splitting the world in halves
textured with specks of light brown bark
Morphing into distinct sturdy branches that gradually divide
Until they become but slivers of elm reaching the pastel blue sky
The sun so bright a glittering jewel with a searing cut
It blinds the entire right of the sky
Towards the centre the mighty oaken divide casts a shadow
almost across the rest of the picture
Shielding the scarlet apple just tumbling in midair
The tree leaning far towards it
But the honeycrisp fully fledged and juicy, far from a seedling
Hurtling, soaring free at last from it’s mother’s grasp
Trying to fall far from the tree
Half in the dark and half illuminated
This still moment, the fall from grace, euphoric,
not slightly raw or rotten but perfectly ripe
Left only to wonder
Will it fall to rot in the sun and be feasted upon by fleas
Or
Tumble into the sheltered shadow to be picked up with it’s youth preserved
And be devoured by the monsters of men sucking away the sweet juices
Enjoying the forbidden
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)
I remember that saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."