The swinging oak | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Ballad
  4. The swinging oak

The swinging oak

August 12, 2012
By liveamongthestarsdieamongthepeople GOLD, Kalamazoo, Michigan
More by this author
liveamongthestarsdieamongthepeople GOLD, Kalamazoo, Michigan
18 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why I am here, I know not; where I shall go, it is useless to enquire. In the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, and infinity why should I be anxious of an atom?<br /> -Lord Byron

View profile

Demolished apart
Slightly glanced and unnoticed to those familiar
Bloodshed unseen to those passed by,
Another tale, another despair wasted and useless
Fall against the swinging tree, and hang in the air for those few moments
Landing softly in a heap
Laughter against the blue skies

© Natalie R., Windermere, FL

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
The ballad of the Specter
By Anonymous
Poetry
Epic of Computer Science
By Anonymous
Poetry
Strong Ties (Drowning)
By Sealboy12 SILVER
South Bound Brook, New Jersey
Sealboy12 SILVER, South Bound Brook, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you&#039;re tired your wrong&quot;-From my high school band director

View profile
Poetry
Ballad of A Teenage Parent
By Elsie Dominguez BRONZE
Heber, California
Elsie Dominguez BRONZE, Heber, California
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
The Author
By ChristopherHantman GOLD
Franklin, Massachusetts
ChristopherHantman GOLD, Franklin, Massachusetts
16 articles 2 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Missing Heroes
By Emuhlee SILVER
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Emuhlee SILVER, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.