Strip away the fruit <br />And the life-giving leaves <br />And I see nothing in that tree <br />To call beautiful <br />A skeleton swaying in the night <br />A night as cold as this <br />Makes you want to turn and run <br />Yet that tree alone could drive away <br />A million innocent faces <br /> <br />And I see nothing in that tree <br />To call beautiful <br />So beautiful <br />I wonder why years were spent <br />Building it up <br />Laying it’s ground <br />Now leaving behind <br />The crying sound <br />I see nothing beautiful <br /> <br />Pale faced and alone <br />Harboring a soul bitter cold <br />There’s nothing in dying souls <br />To call beautiful <br />A limp and lifeless prodigy <br />No imagination <br />Could cover up those wounds <br />Yet an eternal glow can draw <br />A hardened crowd of hostile hearts <br /> <br />And I see nothing in that soul <br />To call beautiful <br />So beautiful <br />I wonder why years were spent <br />Building it up <br />Laying it’s ground <br />Now leaving behind <br />The crying sound <br />I see nothing beautiful <br /> <br />Beautiful <br />A hopelessly hopeful <br />Tragic word <br />An adjective <br />Made to tear you down <br />The mind <br />Is a cruel and relentless <br />Enemy <br />Why can’t I <br />See anything <br />Beautiful<br /><br />Dawn Michelle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/b-beautiful-b/
