Crimson flowers rise
Deers graze by the river bank
Flowing currents swerve
Crimson flowers rise
Deers graze by the river bank
Flowing currents swerve
Wind whistles wildly
Icicles hang in patience
Ash white snowflakes fall
The car screamed to a halt; four masked men jumped out and ran into the nearest building. The street was deserted except for me, I stood solitary in my own peril… what had I done?
The ancient stump’s bark scrapes on the skeletal frame.
It lays frozen in time unable to move.
A forgotten relic, unable to fulfill his duties.
A foundation for a microscopic spiders silky, elegant web.
Motionless, just left to crumble in his despair.
Left alone, no-one, nothing to comfort him.
Nature forms around him creating shelter from the rain.
Predator Snakes coil around him ready to stealthily.
Sinking in the winter, rising in the summer.
The ancient stump’s bark scrapes on the skeletal frame.
It lays frozen in time unable to move.
A forgotten relic, unable to fulfill his duties.
A foundation for a microscopic spiders silky, elegant web.
Motionless, just left to crumble in his despair.
Left alone, no-one, nothing to comfort him.
Nature forms around him creating shelter from the rain.
Predator Snakes coil around him ready to stealthily.
Sinking in the winter, rising in the summer.
Snow crumbles beneath
Snowflakes waft around
icicles hang in despair
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