Anger – Page 24 – Iron Haiku

Colors

shades from dark to pale
each made up of the other
standing arm in arm
–
frigid night
streaks of fire
light the sky

black and blue and bruised
pinned to the ropes but fighting
for our very souls
–
a hard rain
drenches all
with no regard

when I’m in shadow
you pull me into the light
and show me the sun
–
old driftwood
a salamander
basking

tiny little lies
the mortar between the stones
of my foundation
–
morning
glistening on
silken threads

the thinnest veneer
of our civilization
so easily torn
–
scissors-
crisp, fresh
white sheets

unable to sleep
in what used to be our home
Feeling your echo
–
labyrinthine walls
reflecting back
your hollow voice

a cavernous void
of fears and uncertainty
filling drop by drop
–
darkening forest
a deep growl
in the distance

blinded by hatred
enrobed in the ignorance
of what love can be
–
midnight-
groping for
the light

what makes one man think
he can be judge, jury, and
executioner
–
monsters
in the closet
only a mirror

shouting at the void
trying to keep the silence
from smothering me
–
rain falls
on a carpet
of autumn leaves