Heavenly day dreams depart  

From the wrecked old vessel

Snarled, where the floodwaters

Left him to rot

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A tree’s serpent roots

Binds his torn body together

Sharing what he whispers

In his hollowed out nights

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Every yellowing page

Once safe in his memory

Is buried and reborn

Where the sun’s rays falter

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Deep beneath the arc

Of the flourishing willows,

Warbling the songs

Of a world trapped in silence