11-30-2017, 02:23 PM
I am a tree -
Corymbia papuana -
growing roots in the soil of names,
like previous forests,
awaiting conflagration.
And you are the fruit
to carry me through the flames.
Corymbia papuana -
growing roots in the soil of names,
like previous forests,
awaiting conflagration.
And you are the fruit
to carry me through the flames.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe