poem of the day January 9

The young branch

poked out of nowhere

defying gravity

unaware as it

hung on the old trunk

Year after year

the branch grew

far from the tree 

without a thought until

it became larger

than the pillar

on which it dangled

until one day when

the weight of time

finally snapped

With a loud thud

the branch fell hard

to the waiting ground

Severed forever