Amber
Injured treetop
seeping sap
glazes wound
assuaging gap
oozing
sluggish
viscous
drips
plunging
flummoxed bugs
in sludge:
four million years
immortalizing
glassy
golden
frozen
time.
Amber © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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25 words (prompt limit). Brevity syrup theme challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2750478-Brevity-25-words-or-Less
Interpretation of the topic focuses on the "syrupy" nature of the prehistoric resin secreted by trees which, after many years, became fossilized amber.
For more about this:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/jewel/
https://www.britannica.com/science/amber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber
Submitted: May 18, 2020