Phantom Skies

"I am here...I am here...

I am life...Eternal life..."

The tree was speaking

Out of turn,

While the prisoner

Lay dying...

...The man had so much

Yet to learn...

He'd been suffering

Defiant...

...In a way that 

Wasn't weak...

In a way that saved his

Soul.

"I am here...I am here...

I am life...Eternal life..."

Branches danced

On wind,

As blossoms donned

It's tender stalks...

...The tree felt

It was now time

To anoint the 

Prisoner with talk...

"I am here...I am here...

I am life...Eternal life..."

The prisoner bled 

Out...

...He had witnessed 

Phantom skies...

...The man had so much 

Left to learn,

But he took it

All in stride.

"I am here...I am here...

I am life...Eternal life..."

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2017

Bunny Villaire