Description: Recently Team Tui has been focussing on writing spoken word poems. A spoken word poem is when you write a poem that is like a speech based on global issues (most of the time). I chose to write on mental health specifically on someone griveing after a loss of a loved one. I wanted to make it a bit harder and made it a metaphoric poem (based on a tree after it’s withered) which explains why the title is “The Blossom After I Withered”. My poem isn’t much of a spoken word poem due to the poem being rather sad and subtle. Either way, here is my spoken word poem.
The Blossom after I Withered
I’ve withered
My leaves slowly falling off one by one
And yet I’m still here, year after year
As the seasons go by
Time tends to fly
But why can’t the memory of summer disappear?
Why does it always appear?
Reality has lost its power even earth is holding its breath
Why did it have to be such a sudden death?
The pain my roots have carried
Feeling rather harried
The burden my trunk has carried
Everything has my roots serried
When everything seems over
There grows a clover
Who would have thought something so tiny would have grown over my life?
The clover waved with a warm smile
I haven’t felt such warmth in a while
As each day went by, the clover smiled over at me
I felt as green as a lea
Before I knew, I blossomed, I blossomed into a cherry tree
Just as I used to be
Who would have thought one tiny clover would be the reason I blossomed
After I withered
By Liana ♡