Lately I've noticed you creeping slowly Snaking your sinuous way Across patches of earth unnoticed Weaving boldly up whitened walls Your bold glossy heart-shaped leaves Fluttering above the Autumn foliage All innocence as you herald the impending decay
The camouflaged fencing is leaning under your weight The rotted posts rooted in breathless air The bush is bound The dry branch breaks to the touch Latching and lacing your greedy twine Sucking the sap Splitting the stone Choking, chiding, reminding
You caught me unawares Sensing that this neglected patch was yours for the taking Tunnelling under my feet Trailing into my thoughts Rooting into my core And taking the fading light From the failing morn
But I have woken from this slumber And know now that I must root you out From every shade and shadow And bound you up Until at last I leave the fallow And you come tapping at my window Follow
