Love / Anti-Love

I.
two birch trees
branches entwined
face the wind

II.
two birch trees
branches torn
one left standing

III.
heart-shaped leaf
falls to the ground
gentle soul

IV.
heart-shaped stone
cracked in two
bitter end

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Image #1: Paul Gauguin, Winter Landscape, Wikipedia Commons

Image #2: Heart-shaped Stone, Wikipedia Commons

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2015

Part of the 2015 November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge (Poetic Asides via Writer’s Digest) for the November 24 Prompt: 1. love 2. anti-love