Predawn
rails shrouded in fog-
a ghost train departs beneath
the approaching dawn
–
sunrise shadows-
nascent snow cradled in
dry autumn leaves
Category Archives: Between
Transience
encroaching midnight-
the doomsday clock poised to toll
humanity’s dirge
–
pools of red wax-
guttering candles
cast their meager light
Age
honeysuckle wine-
content letting the front porch
host my slow decline
–
passing cars-
an afghan shrouds
her empty rocker
Until
unearthed by the wind-
stone sentinels laid low by
the passage of time
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dew kissed moss-
a small stone shrine
unvisited
Funeral
under a shade elm
I leave a small stone marking
the site of my grave
–
cut white lilies-
so casually
discarded
Interruption
warm sands and tropi-
the cat yowls and paws my face
demanding breakfast
–
morning zoom call-
for the love of god
mute your mic
Vampire
a cold night’s work done-
the creeping light of daybreak
seeps into my tomb
–
guttering torchlight-
weary of the death
that slakes my thirst
Stonehenge
the dawning solstice-
children of the earth and sky
taste the rising sun
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pheasant’s eyes-
ghosts of stone men
herald the sun
Distance
under summer stars-
in the fading moonlight she
could almost be you
–
iron skies-
across the piazza
you become the crowd
Reckoning
vultures overhead-
circling waiting before
feasting on the dead
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red skies-
a tempest
at our door