Fear – Page 21 – Iron Haiku

home with my regrets
I should have asked for a kiss
when I had the chance
–
your upturned lips-
moths flutter
in the porch light

alone on the road
speeding towards oblivion
far away from you
–
velvet panic-
our safe word
forgotten

clouds out ash and dust-
the soil of this arid land
affords no purchase
–
orange skies-
rivers of black glass
plunge into the sea

in the line of fire
standing while the others fall
I am bulletproof
–
rising smoke-
the doe startled
bounds away

dark foreboding clouds
low in the afternoon sky
harbingers of doom
–
soft rain-
broken trees
and power lines

that look in your eyes-
it’s an hour before dawn and
we need to leave now
–
exhausted-
more beautiful
than ever

pale whispers of men
pass by along the river
rowing in silence
–
walking stick in hand-
my footprints
fading

watching you suffer
affords me none of the joy
I was expecting
–
blood moon-
packing my bags
while you sleep

ringing in the night –
hearing the sound of your voice
I fall to my knees
–
silent crickets-
two marines stand
in my doorway

a cool cloudy night-
the horizon aglow with
fingers of lighting
–
dry lightning-
fire licks the walks
of the arroyo