A SMALL ELEGY Poem by Raúl Gómez Jattin

A SMALL ELEGY



Why remain a tree
if this two-year summer
tears away my leaves and my flowers
Why remain a tree
if the wind no longer sings in my foliage
if my birds migrate to other places
Why remain a tree
without inhabitants
besides those hanged ones that dangle
from my branches
like rotten fruit in Autumn

Raúl Gómez Jattin
Saturday, August 11, 2018
poem poems tree birds Places Branches autumn summer elegy
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