Formidable

Aged rough hewed; a window is barred with wire in which only the smallest of living things can enter, and hung beside is a circle, a loop of sharp studded metal.  A painful reminder curves its way around weather torn wood.

Against it steals

hidden endless lengths

 unrevealed

The barren land shelters near

a growth of straw colored weeds

a friend and companion to fear

Run

Clouds lowered themselves across the plaines, rolling in a gray and foreboding mass – sultry, salt laden wet droplets wanting to seize the living, the breathing creatures that inhabit a domain called earth.

Take heed and listen

run, run, run away

The fog tumbled

The earth trembled

Run, run, run away

escape from this prison

Wetness oozed its way through and over the silk strands of time, encompassing a dusty film with a coating of mud, taking; sucking life without care.

Before you are locked in

run, run, run away

The mortals ran

The mud stuck

Run, run, run away

away from forbidden sin

Dense and thick, layer upon layer, the fog folded itself upon the fruit. 

Don’t ask me how

just run, run, run  

run away now

Rest (Haiku)

flowers rest your head

nurturing smiling faces

fall prepares your bed

Time (Haiku)

 Wisdom born of age

Pages of parchment here lies

Turn the leaves of time

Remember

A slight breeze touched the side of the curtain

she backed away into shadow

Remembering

he passed this way

A long while ago

A letter held in his weathered hand

she watched  from the window and yearned

Days came

they went

he never returned

Gone

turning my insides out

I need to write

rust splashes

paint peels

chain hangs suspended

nothing in sight

no crossing

beware

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