i see you
if
only
they could see
you were much more
but they just saw a tree
not your vibrant, dynamic core
your roots winding deep beneath the earth’s floor
branches that stretched to the clouds, wild bursting bud tips
how you dance with the wind when tempests roar
shelter, haven, legend of yore
chopped down so callously
to build a door
but I see
you ev’ry
bit
~kat
For Tanka Tuesday’s Ekphrastic Prompt Challenge - The Diatelle - PHEW! Took me a bit of time to make it work. Fantastic form!!!
The Diatelle is a fun, syllable counting form like the etheree with a twist. The syllable structure of the diatelle is as follows: 1/2/3/4/6/8/10/12/10/8/6/4/3/2/1, but unlike an etheree, has a set rhyme pattern of abbcbccaccbcbba.
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