04-27-2016, 11:41 PM
My initial thought on the first two lines was that it seemed untreelike behavior, than I read the second two lines annd then could picture a tree growing twisting and writhing, so then it made sense. The fifth and sixth lines make no sense to me, trees aren't working, they are just growing. Even if your poem is working on the assumption that it has the ability to think it still makes no sense since the alternative would be for it to remain a seed. Or acorn I guess, I'm not sure if nuts are considered a seed. Lines 7 through 12 make some sense as its just some anthropomorphism of the tree and applying some possible reasons that could be driving it to want to grow. Lines 13 and 14 seem like gibberish to me.