<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360002" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Wasting Away</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bitter roots consumed the Tree<br>Warped in time by silent decay.<br>Cored with darkness endlessly, <br>Emptied matter, wasting away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Defiant, unbending... hollow, <br>It stands waiting aimlessly.<br>For the last winter winds to blow<br>And to strike it down finally.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It used to be verdant and strong, <br>One with many hopes and dreams.<br>One that heard music of bird songs, <br>Felt warmth of Sun.. held moonbeams.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Something in time removed its Joy, <br>Turned its skies permanent gray.<br>Pained the heart of that Tree, destroy<br>Its beauty of Life today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That Tree with angered condition<br>Raised its leafless arms that shake, <br>Asked the Creator endless questions -<br>The Source of life... it did forsake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>This poem is symbolical in meaning and depicts the self-destruction of a man who vents his anger on God instead of taking a look at himself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360002" data-title="Wasting Away de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="Bitter roots consumed the Tree Warped in time by silent decay. Cored with darkness endlessly, Emptied matter, wasting away. Defiant, unbending... hollow, It stands waiting aimlessly. For the last winter winds to blow And to strike it down final..."></div> </div> </div>

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