growth

there's a tree
inside me
pushing its sharp branches
out my sides.
the more it grows-
the smaller i become.
the faster it crawls towards
the sky, the more
i become the earth.
& there's a tree
inside me-
shredding every inch
of me, apart.
like i am the scattered leaves of fall.
small creatures crawl over me,
taking what's left-- of me.
snow blankets over my tree-bones
& we ride the winter winds.
there's a tree inside me
trying to breathe, trying
to see. growing towards you
& taking over me.