Two Poems by Tetyana B.

The Tree

Big-bodied. Big-hearted. Big-souled.
Resilient to the forces of nature.
Slender branches, like arms of Shiva,
Pulling the rising Star
From the weary Mother's swelling guts
To be kissed by its fading light at dusk.
Tender branches, like arteries in lungs
That drink poison from mid-day's fog
To breath life into all things alive.

It has neither quiet, nor peace,
   nor nightly rest.
Even in the wintry months of hibernation
It becomes shelter to small pesky creatures.
In springtime, a safe place for birds
   to build a nest.
The grand hotel of sorts. A dynamic picture,
It stands day and night
In a kindly but stately fashion.
It gives but asks nothing in return.
The Tree.
Big-bodied. Big-hearted. Big-souled.

Tetyana B.
January 16, 2014.
#oneportlandtree


Ukrainian Maidan - A Simple Explanation.

President is putrefaction,
Political faction,
Nation's wealth exaction,
Avert to devolution.

Residents in destitution
Seeking for solution
In western benefaction,
Aware of their inaction.

Nation in convolution,
But weary of putrefaction,
Demands restitution
And government's dissolution.

President in question
Will make satisfaction
For nation's destitution
With authority's devolution.

Nation's reaction
Is its call for action.
Nation's evolution
Is in Revolution.

Simple explanation,
Simple conclusion.
Action. Evolution.
Solution. Revolution.

- Tetyana B.
January 2014
#euromaydan #euromaidan #Ukraine