pine (noun): an evergreen coniferous tree with clusters of long needle-shaped leaves pine (verb): miss or long for Do you ever feel like the forests of your consciousness are forests of pine trees? Because I do. Why a forest of pine, you wonder? Maybe it's because the noun "pine" reminds me of the verb "pine" and how I often miss or yearn for something more just beyond my reach. Or maybe it's because I sometimes get hurt by the jagged pines of my own thoughts. I now invite you to wander with me into my misty forests of consciousness, pine, and poetry. Let's play a game of hide and seek in the woods. Get lost with me. Find me. And find yourself. *** A poem from this collection: Pine I breathe you in - A familiar mix of cinnamon, musk, And pine. Every time I now think of you, I remember you as pine. Evergreen, With needles so delicate But so sharp. I once held onto you so tight, That the needles piercing through my skin Left us adorned in crimson. I must have spent far too long in your exotic forests. For I now realise That I too carry the sickly-sweet scent of pine. But there was a difference. While you smelt like the noun, I smelt like the verb. ***