They Heard the Definitive Truth from the Trees - Stream of Consciousness

he has not been seen
since the slate cracked
and the grave was opened
centuries later
the ice fell
from the sky

standing in the machine
broken and abused
it would not function
the halls banged
and the man in the hat
arrived

a temporal disturbance
but the voices
falsified
do not follow them
as the frozen water
spills over the ledge
into the rooms below.

it is an ignorant ghost
who locks the door
and then enters
without knowing
the ghost of a lover
from years beyond
trapped

he has become
an instrument of their will
we must abandon him
to the trees.