The Elder Tree

Strictly business, because I can’t stand to lose it…
Barriers around me from their backhanded movements,
half bloomed confusion; gave myself to therapeutics,
I was searching for my fix by pleasing people that are stupid.
I guess that means I’m human…who’da thunk that I was stoopin’ -
to a level lower hominids would shy from in their blueprint?
When I stopped…I only found the world was movin’
felt them leave me in the dust after I taught them how to do this.
When you finally need some guidance? Leadership is cruelty…
They’ll sap you of your light until the night that you’re uprooted,
Trunk in disarray, reflecting on excuses…
Stare at all your leaves, but they shatter when you lose ‘em.
The sun won’t teach you nothin’ - the cold makes you a student,
You don’t even see who’s there because you can’t see where the moon is.
Darkness feeling roomy, the wind feels like it’s teeth
gnashing at your side before it even lets you speak.
No use, you can’t be pencils…and decay just starts to creep,
You won’t even be the paper where a pencil finds relief.
No stronger man to drag you, it’s clear you lack belief…
No embrace to hold you back from the void of sweet relief,
No ease from all these others who just sapped the tree of life…
So cold, your blood is blue…the rocks have cut you like a knife.
Releases come in spurts as the bugs eat you alive,
the ants make you a home when you use to get them high…
the circle comes around until the cortex finds a shine,
You regulate the stem; that’s the beginning of your time.

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The Elder Tree.

Ayyyy! Welcome back to the land of Topical, my brother! Felt little to no rust here, which probably makes sense since you've been writing audios for the last like 10+ years anyway lol. This piece honestly made me scared of my enemies again. Good shit. It was a really solid metaphorical approach on a topic that absolutely should scare the shit outta any human. The wording here is was made it so damn good. There was a line or two that felt like it slipped a bit in the syllable count but I know you wrote this monster on your fucking phone so that's okay lol. Otherwise, the flow was smooth almost from beginning to end and there were some beautiful gems in there. Great fucking drop, Nom'd.

yea man, great imagery and clean wording. there were small sections where maybe the rhyme scheme faltered a bit, but a small blip considering how every line still manages to make an impact. The build up was great and the underlying message is definitely felt. glad you decided to come back and bless us with a fresh topical my man.... this was a doozy of a verse here

This is one amazing style that I can not write in yet... the imagry beautfiul even though I wish the message was more exact.