--- title: Tree of Life date: 2012-05-22T08:08:04Z modified: 2012-05-22T08:08:04Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/tree-life/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1236 categories: - Life Poems tags: - Life Poems - confusion - tree of life featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tree-of-Life.jpg" featured_image_alt: Tree of Life author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2012-05-22T08:08:04Z --- A feeling of emptiness, amidst laugher and joy, it feels so hollow;![Tree of Life](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tree-of-Life.jpg "Tree of Life") deep down inside, as my mind drifts away to a world full of dreams and unimaginable possibilites; as i stare listlessly into this matrix, the beating of my heart reverberates through my soul, emotions trying to take control and i realize i am [running](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) on empty; exhausted, i try not to think, as the clouds pass by, i wonder if this tree of [life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/life.md) has ceased to have a meaning; as the [battle](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/battle-life.md) to live goes on, in [silence](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/breaking-the-silence.md) i sit in the shadows, for the scars to fade away and paint my dreams afresh; —————————————————————- _image painted by Tim Parish_