In an Unknown City on Terra...

It was once part of a great tree, standing proud high in the wild forests,

Nowadays it stands as part of a device commemorating humans ingenuity and ability to transform objects,

Some feel disgusted by the strange aberrant pole that holds up the wires, playing its part for communications,

Tinted orange and intermixed with patches of black spread haphazardly across its solid brown oak,

Though charred by an unknown cause, it stands proud and unflinching from the burns that scar it,

Though its flesh was seared, it stands without tipping or leaning, straight as the day it was planted within the earth,

Standing with dignity despite the black soot that covers it all over, like some festering infection,

A faint warmth can be felt from it, despite no sources of heat to be found on it,

Its rough and charred form stands on the horizon as the sun's light pierces the dark cover of clouds,

Soft light coats its form as it stands on the side of the road, as the night fades away into the light of day,

Blackened and hard to see in the dim light, a faint glow can sometimes be seen in its burns, along with the wood and its bark,

Though it on occasion appears weakened and in a plight, it always stands here with a sort of stubbornness and imposing aura.

Its soft aura, as some describe it, coats itself and the area in a dominating force of will, that feels like a veiled guardian,

Though some would say it lacks the might of the... greater mysteries of the world, its powers act as a veil anyway,

A flaming light can be seen by those who see past the veil, marking its aura as a guiding light to any humans that find their way to it,

A place of protection, that they can run to, to hide and rest easy from the lesser folk of the dark, and their night machinations.~

Found nailed to an Unusual telephone pole

Written by Unknown Author