Ghost of a Tree

I grew out of everything I watched grow

All my flowers and my hours lined up in a row

And plenty of crows

turned to sparrows

and left this house

as melted snow

Breathing free

living meat

ghost of a tree

ghost of a tree

ghost of a tree

Out of all the hollows that live in my sleep

My grandmother is the house collapsing in on me

of empty feet

hung from hooks D

now trapped in wood D

in layers of stone

poachers milk

that tastes like dirt D

so babys hurt

ghost of a tree

If I could hold you like a wren

Like I wanted to

I'd whisper and

say something

that covered you

embraced your lungs and said

I'm sorry

I murdered you

I had to

The dogs told me to

The dogs told me to