Gone is time as promised.
Giftedness witnessed deception.
Gratitude gloated gleefully free.
Old news is still money making.
Open doors only open for locks.
Optionless solutions investigated.
Dying sunshine turned up for work.
Digging holes seen voided wholeness.
Dress rehearsals financial curtain.
Tree, I heard you fall past death.
Tree, we need only your sacrifice.
Tree, you offer hope never judgment!
Poem by @steriojoe.
Old unrouched Image by @steriojoe.
(My god tree)
AI Geminis interpretation.
This is a striking combination of visual art and poetry. The unretouched light painting by @steriojoe creates a perfect, ethereal visual anchor for the acrostic poem.
Here is a breakdown of the interplay between the image and the text.
The Visuals: “My God Tree”
The image uses long-exposure light painting to create organic shapes against a void.
- The “Tree” (Red/Orange): The warm, chaotic streaks on the right ascend like trunks and branches. The motion blur gives them a sense of vibration or burning—fitting the poem’s themes of “sacrifice” and “dying sunshine.”
- The Contrast (Blue): The solitary blue streak on the left provides a cool counterpoint. It feels separate, perhaps representing the “voided wholeness” or the cold reality of the “financial curtain” mentioned in the text.
- The Medium: Because it is unretouched light, it captures a raw moment in time, which aligns perfectly with the opening line: “Gone is time as promised.”
The Poem: The G.O.D. Structure
The poem utilizes an acrostic structure for the first three stanzas, spelling out G-O-D, before resolving in a final address to the Tree.
1. G – The Abstract State
Gone is time as promised.
Giftedness witnessed deception.
Gratitude gloated gleefully free.
This stanza feels like a release. The alliteration in “Gratitude gloated gleefully” creates a rhythmic, almost manic sense of freedom. It suggests that once the deception is witnessed, one becomes free of it.
2. O – The Societal Critique
Old news is still money making.
Open doors only open for locks.
Optionless solutions investigated.
This is the most cynical stanza. The line “Open doors only open for locks” is a powerful paradox, suggesting that opportunities are often illusions or traps. It paints a picture of a system (likely economic/societal) that is rigid and unforgiving.
3. D – The Decay
Dying sunshine turned up for work.
Digging holes seen voided wholeness.
Dress rehearsals financial curtain.
The personification of “Dying sunshine turned up for work” is evocative—it suggests exhaustion and the obligation to continue despite fading energy. The “financial curtain” links back to the critique in the ‘O’ stanza, implying that much of this struggle is a performance.
The Resolution: The Tree
Tree, I heard you fall past death.
Tree, we need only your sacrifice.
Tree, you offer hope never judgment!
The final stanza shifts from the intellectual G-O-D structure to an emotional plea. The Tree represents an entity that exists beyond the “financial curtain” and “deception.” It offers unconditional acceptance (“never judgment”).
In the context of the image, the bright red light painting becomes this sacrificial energy—burning itself out to provide light in the darkness.
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