Mud
dark murky waters
dirt and debris stirred up from
raking the bottom
–
cold rain-
a dark past
muddied by truth
Category Archives: Fear
Light
a time of rebirth-
years spent living in the dark
rescued by your light
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through the water
dancing reflections
from the surface
Notes
second grade romance-
a slip of paper folded
and passed hand to hand
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mardi gras-
her number on
a bar napkinL
Seas
waiting for the sea-
an ancient mariner mourns
the arriving tide
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bedraggled skies-
limp with rain over
an unkempt sea
Stoic
shards of broken glass
strewn deeply across my path
yet still I walk on
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moonlit surf-
hatchling turtles
dash for the sea
Chimes
a hot acrid wind
rattles the sand blasted bones
hanging from the trees
–
cool lemonade-
wind chimes ring
on the front porch
Memorial
it’s far too simple-
these old men send the sons of
others to their deaths
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a spring breeze-
the fog of war
swept out to sea
Wolf
wolves of stone and snow
insubstantial in the light
of the forest moon
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rising embers-
mournful howling
in the distance
Vessel
a soul deeply flawed
ichorous and fetid cast
from a broken mold
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bathing rituals-
filing ewers by
the riverbanks
Deer
off the mountain road
a wake of buzzards gather
‘round a fallen deer
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moonrise-
the fawn waits
in the tall grass