[Guest]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

[Guest]

While usually not fair or equal

the legislative branch which make the laws?

[Guest]

no

[Guest]

retribution?

[Guest]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

karma?

[hugemonkey]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

justice.

[Guest]

no but some are close

[Guest]

Conscious

[Guest]

my conscious?

[Guest]

federal court system?

[hugemonkey]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

another form or variant of that word.

Judge

Judicial

Supreme Court

[Guest]

no to all!

[Guest]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

death

[Guest]

Are you my mother? lol just kidding

Are you perhaps God?

[plainglazed]

I have a dozen guesses but none seem to totally satisfy. All seem to fall short with lines four and five.

eye for an eye

which doesn't really exactly fit in with the beginning. This one has captured me; not giving up.

[Guest]

the whomping willow?

Or Reincarnation

death

[plainglazed]

I'd like to rescind my last answer and go with:

Destiny.

[Guest]

most common metaphorical trees are knowledge and life. I think there is also one for numbers, or a mystical number system. anybody think of others?

[Guest]

Forensic science?

most common metaphorical trees are knowledge and life. I think there is also one for numbers, or a mystical number system. anybody think of others?

[plainglazed]

most common metaphorical trees are knowledge and life. I think there is also one for numbers, or a mystical number system. anybody think of others?

I was working off the tree of life for my last guess. Had also bounced around the thought of tree being literal as in a lynching/hanging which works even with the title but "always fair"??? IDK

Edited May 31, 2009 by plainglazed

[Guest]

the cross

if i'm right it is a vary good 1. i think most on this forem would see this as an idea not reality

[Guest]

I am only a branch

of the twisted tree

Though inescapable I be

I am always fair

always equal yet I scare

those with inner evil

truth, yet?

[Guest]

No to all... again but I'll give you hint

The tree is literal but not the kind you're thinking of

[plainglazed]

and thinking family tree (know mine's pretty twisted). So heritage or DNA maybe

No to all... again but I'll give you hint

The tree is literal but not the kind you're thinking of

[Guest]

that's the kind of tree. but wrong answer.

[Guest]

that's the kind of tree. but wrong answer.

I was thinking

fate, and also "the law" but more along the lines of fate. And with fair I had the idea of male and female alike, so gender, or such. I'm not sure.