The Misery of the Trees

The Misery of the Trees

It seems so sad
That misery is the price of knowledge
For if the trees were dumb
Before the elves instructed them,
They were also carefree and happy
But now they seek that which they
Never would have lost before
The coming of their knowing

Alone now in a world set against them
In the shadows now they dwell
Instead of reaching for the light
They sulk in the darkness of their thought
Doomed to die a withering death
That creeps along their rotting heartwood
Till they fall in despair
And disappear into the soil

 

poor lonely trees they seem slightly sad and alone...good poem!

 

Thanks

For anyone wondering, the idea came from the Lord of the Rings, where the ents were the trees brought into consciousness by the elves. Just so you're not sitting there going "elves instructing trees...? huh?"

The idea seemed to me to have deeper ramifications, thus, this poem.

 

lord of the rings! cool! i tried writing a poem drawn from that idea but it was a bit too flouncy and sickly so i have left it dormant. i love lotr

 

Hell yeah! The books still completely own the movies, though, cool as the movies were...

 

of course! so much more complex are the books. beautiful. and the silmarillion, you read that too? heavy going, but beren and luthiel(sp?)...beautiful stories...one about elf incest in their too-ooer. Tolkien was such a legend!

 

killer poem...yeah man...eff yeah!


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