“Like an old tree uprooted by the wind …” by Conrad Aiken

“Like an old tree uprooted by the wind …” by Conrad Aiken 🇺🇸 (5 Aug 1889 – 17 Aug 1973)

Like an old tree uprooted by the wind

And flung down cruelly

With roots bared to the sun and stars

And limp leaves brought to earth—

Torn from its house—

So do I seem to myself

When you have left me.