The tree in the field

THE TREE IN THE FIELD.

I ventured across the lifeless. bleached
skeleton of a tree.
It's limbs were silent, weathered, worn, I could
see.
No sign of any green leaves, the tree was
clothed bare,
but a hollow in it's trunk, revealed a gnarled ,
twisted stare.

It's branches stretched out, it towered high
above.
I could see nothing liked it, it had gone without
love.
I walked around it, trying hard to think,
when suddenly I thought, I saw one of its eyes,
blink!

A mouth in the bark, moved, shaped in a
growl,
then suddenly it let out an angry, loud howl!
" NOOOOOOOOO " - it said, it's eyes opened
and shut.
"DON'T CHOP ME DOWN, I DON'T WANT TO
BE CUT!"

The tree began to shuffle,stumble as if in heavy
boots,
then it wrenched itself free ,of all of it's roots!
It waved its branches frantically, like writhing
snakes,
I grabbed for my camera, lots of photos , to
take!

As I grabbed my camera, a knotted branch
curled around me,
I managed to snap pictures, of the angry,
waving tree!
It pulled and pulled me and I fell to the ground.
The wind started whistling, the tree made an
eerie sound!

"COME"! , it said, but before I could break
loose,
one of it's creepers crept round my neck, like a
noose!
Tighter and tighter, it began to grip, I fell to the
earth,
where it had stood unnoticed, from it's
seedling birth.

I felt the mud and grass beneath me, begin to
seep,
my body felt tired, I began to need sleep...
The tree moved back to it's place and stood rock
still.
There it lived alone, happier, quiet until...

One day a farmer discovered my camera beneath
the soil,
when he was doing the ploughing - his daily toil.
Eventually, he saw the memory- card slides,
Disbelief and surprise, he could not hide!

He searched and searched for a body, around the
tree,
but I had joined it as it's new spirit, it needed to
"use" me.