A Poem by Agholor Leonard Obiaderi

A TALE TOLD BY A TREE

 

Winter has a red throat and

a black eye ring.

Ice flakes

 

season pale red blood

courses down with sap

thoroughfares of many tree rings

forcing my beauty to drift

 

in the snow. Bark cracked,

lips broken by the kiss of

frost.

 

Ice my veins, scanty leafy

tresses frozen by gusts of chilly

wind cruel harbinger of black eyes.

 

My femininity flees to hide

until spring

comes. I shed black

eye rings, discard mourning.

 

In Spring, I stretch

into colourful attires. Pink lipstick,

eyelashes of

green envy.

 

Summer;

I heal. Cracked bark seals

the bloodied wounds .

The magic of sunny fingers

calms me down to my

roots.

 

My flowers blossom, attract

bees in search of romance.

 

Autumn

comes message of leaves

falling. Each note holds

 

another winter

of red throats and black

eye rings. 

 

 

 

 

AGHOLOR LEONARD OBIADERI lives in Delta State, Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor's degree in the English Language. He loves poetry, crime novels and wrestling videos. His poems have been published in UptheStairCase Quarterly; Barnwood International Magazine; and Pyrokinection.

e-mail; obiaderi@yahoo.com