Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The Sabotage

The tree is sabotaged by my looking.
So willfully it sheds its leaves
for me to pile and unpile again.

4 comments:

Rax said...

The stare down before the duel. An excellent write. Love it!

crimsonflaw said...

breathtaking image...the entire act has an elegant emphasis on the sorrow that goes by unnoticed.

Brian said...

Thanks! I think it's cool how to two of you found different things

Anonymous said...

This has the sort of quiet certainty that I associate most often with haiku.

Well done.