winter silhouettes
a copse of sailboat masts cut
from the dawning sky
Escape
the wind in your hair
miles unspooling behind us
escaping our past
–
needle and thread-
finding holes
in a spider’s web
Gloom
with the setting sun
purple ink spreads across the
paper of the night
–
coming darkness-
the ravens gather
on my roof
Missing
picking at breakfast
sitting across the table
from the ghost of you
–
wilted flowers-
your whisper
in my ear
Remnants
the day’s work is done
a blanket of fog settles
over bleaching bones
–
curling water-
the soft rattle
of empty shells
Black
ebony leaves strewn
across an indigo sky
fading out to black
–
moonless-
the warm glow
of a distant fire
Light
shadows of flowers
paint the skin across the vale
of your naked back
–
clouds float by-
shadows spill
into the valley
Weather
flurries of spring snow-
aspen seeds riding the wind
drifting in the sun
–
iron anvils-
the thickening
of august
Extinguish
searching for a trace
of the light behind your eyes
but making my peace
–
afterimage-
the candle
doused
Escape
the wind in your hair
miles unspooling behind us
escaping our past
–
needle and thread-
finding holes
in a spider’s web
Gloom
with the setting sun
purple ink spreads across the
paper of the night
–
coming darkness-
the ravens gather
on my roof
Missing
picking at breakfast
sitting across the table
from the ghost of you
–
wilted flowers-
your whisper
in my ear
Remnants
the day’s work is done
a blanket of fog settles
over bleaching bones
–
curling water-
the soft rattle
of empty shells
Black
ebony leaves strewn
across an indigo sky
fading out to black
–
moonless-
the warm glow
of a distant fire
Light
shadows of flowers
paint the skin across the vale
of your naked back
–
clouds float by-
shadows spill
into the valley
Weather
flurries of spring snow-
aspen seeds riding the wind
drifting in the sun
–
iron anvils-
the thickening
of august
Extinguish
searching for a trace
of the light behind your eyes
but making my peace
–
afterimage-
the candle
doused
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