the eroding pit that is my stomach is caving in both from hunger and emotional devastation as i pluck the ground for any fruit alas it is on its journey back to the earth as sometimes i ponder my own the bark crumbles from the tree akin to my own stability when the sun beamed its loving light we would thrive smog crept in over the years overcoming the rays' ability to nurture and we would begin to wilt i've been cultivating this tree for many years but this unpredictable weather has left us a little worse for wear