{"id":5664,"date":"2025-05-15T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:04:22","slug":"trees-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2025\/05\/trees-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees &amp; War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Author:<\/strong> Lucrezia Ferra\u00f9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You let my head go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And trees of intrusive thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Were building up inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt alone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I met you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you chose me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">___<\/mark>These trees were tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">______<\/mark>And they were growing incredibly fast,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">_________<\/mark>As fast as thoughts could go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">____________<\/mark>They were beautiful and green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">_______________<\/mark>They were a creation of my dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">___________________<\/mark>They were helping through sensation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">________________________<\/mark>They were cause of my agitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">___________________<\/mark>Anxiety was building up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">_______________<\/mark>And I couldn\u2019t wake up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">____________<\/mark>But was I asleep ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">_________<\/mark>I think we\u2019ll never know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">_____<\/mark>I am just lost with my thoughts now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f4f3eb\" class=\"has-inline-color has-background-color\">___<\/mark>But at least\u2026I am not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">War<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Author: <\/strong>Lucrezia Ferra\u00f9 &amp; Nadiia Kulish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t like uncertainty<br>But,<br>After the war,<br>I come to terms with the idea<br>That things can change<br>And that,<br>We cannot control\u2026<br>Everything,<br>Anything. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things are falling on our heads,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our hands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red and swollen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our sky,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gray and heavy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full of particles,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of what a time we called LIFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A brief explanation of the two poems:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trees <\/strong>is a poem about the intrusive thoughts that invade the mind of overthinkers and neurodivergent people, that develop thoughts in a tree-like structure (= arboressence) and about how overwhelming it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>War<\/strong> is a poem centered on the topic of the ongoing war in Ukraine. 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