( original painting - The Apple Tree on the Hill by Lucas Aurélio )
THE APPLE TREE
( written by Marco Aurélio based on a painting by Lucas Aurélio )
Once upon a time...
there was a tree. 1
She lived for awhile 2
with nothing around her, 3
nothing at all. 4
She stood there, 5
all night, 6
all day , 7
against the blue sky 8
that a hand drew 9
( a hand on the right corner of the page is finishing coloring the blue )
She stood on the grass 10
under the sun 11
under the rain 12
under the stars 13
alone... 14
until they came. 15
She couldn’t see them 16
she had no idea who they were 17
but she could feel them 18
as much as she feels you 19
little child 20
staring at her now. 21
( looking straight at reader )
She looked around 22
knowing that they were there 23
she felt them grabbing her branches 24
pulling her down 25
she felt heavy. 26
They said nothing 27
but they didn’t fool her 28
she knew that they were there 29
she could smell them. 30
Every now and then 31
she heard a thump 32
and another... 33
and another 34
until all of the sudden 35
she saw one of them 36
it jumped to the ground 37
one by one 38
and with each passing day 39
she felt lighter and lighter 40
and she was now sure she wasn’t crazy 41
they were stuck on her 42
she was was sure of it. 43
She didn’t know why 44
but she felt better now 45
with all those little red things 46
fallen to the ground. 47
And when the crows came, 48
and began taking those red things away, 49
she had a strange feeling 50
that she had done something 51
something she didn’t quite understand 52
something bigger than herself 53
she felt one with all that surrounded her 54
and she realized that all had always been there 55
around her 56
the butterflies, the worms, the crows, the wind 57
but she was too busy inside her mind to notice 58
and now.... 59
...she was alone no more. 60
