I agree with pumpkinhed, how can those two lines "your body so pale against the autumn leaves & no-one saw us but the trees" be seen as anything him killing the girl, presumably in a fit of rage after her breaking up with him. Then him wishing he hadn't done it, and telling it to the trees, but obviously the trees can't do anything about it.
Sure the caring of their names into a tree is a metaphors (and a good one at that) of their relationship being distorted and different from when it was carved, but it seems obvious to me that he killed her too
I agree with pumpkinhed, how can those two lines "your body so pale against the autumn leaves & no-one saw us but the trees" be seen as anything him killing the girl, presumably in a fit of rage after her breaking up with him. Then him wishing he hadn't done it, and telling it to the trees, but obviously the trees can't do anything about it. Sure the caring of their names into a tree is a metaphors (and a good one at that) of their relationship being distorted and different from when it was carved, but it seems obvious to me that he killed her too