The Ancient Tree
Little children gigglin’,
Playing ev’r so happily
By the ancient tree
One slips by a root &
Kicks it with lots of force.
As the other children leave
The kid who kicked the tree
Snaps one of the twigs he finds
As soon as he does so— somethin’
Picks him up off the ground
The child is pulled inside the tree
With not enough air to breathe
He gasps and tries to jump~
But he’s then pulled much deeper
And further into the ancient tree.
An owl lands on a tree branch
It hoots and turns its head 360
The branch creaks, starts to shake
Giving the bird a hint to fly away
As for the kid, he found no exit
There his body lay trembling
Shaking, freezing, stuck underground
With no way out- the other kids
Had not noticed he was missin’!
Rest of the town knew not to harm
The Ancient Tree.
5th August, 2020.