THE TREE

I dreamt of the earth god

How he came to be

He swallowed the pit

From the devil's tree

Tannined and bitter

Dark and withered

His veins turned to roots

That bloodlet the rivers

I dreamt of the drowning god

How he came to be

He swallowed the earth

Away from the tree

The seven seas rose

Collecting lost souls

In the roar of the waves

Their stories are told

I dreamt of the drinking god

How he came to be

He bled the red wine

From the vines of the tree

Ecstatically dancing

He tempted the fates

Reverie was the song

Of the poison he drank

I dreamt of the sun god

How he came to be

Melting time into resin

That bled from the tree

Ambered and layered

Fractured and fated

Eternities captured

In the sun's glowing heat.