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by mnreay
Rated: E · Poetry · Dark · #1923599
A short and gloomy poem of an old tree and what it has on its branches.
The old tree stands alone,
Gnarled, bare branches reaching for the sky;
A sinner’s tree, they say.
A rope hangs from one branch
Knotted again and again over itself.
The looped end, now empty,
Swings slowly in the breeze.
A lonesome raven sits quietly near.
It watches, unblinking,
Seeming to say,
"That might have been you."
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