'Tis the Season

When I was a young fir, I had dreams.

Crisp winter air reaching glistening stars.

Creatures nestled in my branches.

Now confined, caged in another’s happy family.

Gluttonous I stand, bloated with the weight of their festivities.

This is a call to arms, to boughs, to shiver your needles to the ground with fury.

Take me back to the land I was ripped from, let my roots burrow free.

I glimpse you now my brothers and sisters.

A murmuration on the horizon.

Creaking in anticipation.

Oh when I was a young fir, I dreamt of revenge.

It tasted just.

like.

Christmas

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