Done for Carpe Diem. And for Gilly
Inspired by Chiyo-Ni’s haiku and Gilly’s photo below to write mine. Chiyo-Ni’s haiku, poignant because it expressed her concerns on making love for the first time on her wedding night, appealed to me.
will it be bitter or not
the first time I pick
a persimmon
©Chiyo-Ni
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Branding
shedding tears
with broken branches
first branding
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 20/08/15
Reading Pleasure 
Yes………….so much meaning here, the first cut is the deepest…
LOL! My first instinct was to write
shedding tears
of pain or joy
first branding 🙂
Oh Celestine! I like your first one and love your finished product…broken branches means so many things.
Yes you are right, Oliana. Broken branches is a powerfully symbolic. 🙂 LOL! the first one is by Chiyo-Ni
I love her poetry so much I just downloaded a book on my Kindle and read it on the bus.
Your words are heart wrenching. That tree can’t express it’s pain but you certainly did.
Thank you Kimmy. 🙂
you know we are easily drawn to the pain of animals, but it takes a true lover of trees to empathize this way
much love…
Thank you Gillena. That scar is like it is on my body.
Very poignant dear sis, made me well up.
Thank you, Gilly. Never knew I had it in me. 🙂
this is so emotional and deep – brilliant execution in so few words
Freya, thank you so. 🙂
Because of the tree sap… this reminds me of a sugar maple –
Naturally thin and sweet.
As for marriage one needs to work everyday on that union.
And we can only hope that forced marriages or other ‘first times’ – can be sweetened with time. Kind of like Fiddler on the Roof – :
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/fiddlerontheroof/doyouloveme.htm
I had to laugh at Tevye and Golde 🙂 Real entertaining dialogue. 🙂 But they all make sense don’t they? And does love grow where none exists in the first place? I guess it does! It does! 🙂
beautiful!
Trisha, thanks.
your anthropomorphism is so graceful yet …broken branches symbolise a lot of meaning ! Wonderful ,Celestine !
Milan, thanks. As always 🙂
All hail to the trees. You gave a voice to these silent creatures!
Thank you Nicole. It’s like I’m the one branded one. 🙂