I encountered my dad in the shape of tree December 2003
snowflakes thickend my vision likes cocaine raining from heaven
leaning over the pavement nature inflicted it´s agony
The feeling of weight
whit no proper shape
to high ambitions
can put some in coffins
his unselfish deeds
are in need of nourishing needs
like my lungs in symbioses with its functions
like my heart in symbioses with his careness
overloaded with natural causes
searching for possible rescues
misplaced due to weakness
it had thin branches
taller trees stood around unaffected
but this one was the one I respected
I stood mesmerized by the resembles
thinking about my father backproblems
physical metaphor of something I’ve seen before, what could it be
to limited paper to figure out the memory related
powerless to circumstances similar to imagines I had in my memory
you’re unsolved riddle in my hometown
you hustled them on random jetsam
that’s why he hasn’t got official professions
but sometimes you turn joy to afflictions
nosy neighbors making up theories
of how you pull your business
the greatest provider I’ve ever known
the cash he makes he sees little as his own
the situation I observed so often,
claiming every camel’s back is broken
weird sense from trivial scenery
parts of you are still a mystery
tough love or helping hand is the same
showing me the art in how to remain
standing before me personified,
this tree is a piece of you magnified
like sons fathers need attention to so I shook the tree loose from the burden of snow
held it a brief second to exam its’ skinny figure and then released
it rose in an instant and I continued to walk to where ever I planned to go.
written 2004
