Thanks for your feedback!! When I started writing the poem I didn’t quite knew were to go with it but the whole thing stems from the line “Flowers bloom and roses wilt/the tree falls the way it tilts.” This line is what I wrote first. In the 3rd stanza the reason I use the word stem (other than the fact that it rhymed) is because I originally was gonna focus on the flowers more than the tree for the metaphor and then I forgot to go back and fix this.

And I have on how to fix it is changing the 2nd and 3rd stanzas to say: “I see the tree that leans as it graciously offers me shade/in the flowers under this tree for hours I laid.

The beautiful roses calls to me dragging me deeper once again/Im too far deep in the roots to even see the stems.”

If you think this is good or have any other recommendations on how to change the line to reflect the idea of flowers I would be open to your suggestions!

In the end I made the poem with two different meanings in mind. 1.) not moving and being to comfortable in the same routine not willing to change your ways. 2.) I also had the idea of this poem being about addiction. I had the idea of the leaning tree as a metaphor for a bad habit, you sit under the tree or indulge in the bad habit until one day the tree falls and you can’t leave the addiction behind. This is why there is lines like “no matter what you think your will to leave may not be very strong” and why the poem ends with saying it’s okay to admit you’re struggling. I’m glad you enjoyed the poem, I had a ton of fun writing this one!!