Tag: fiction

the weight of time on fallen wood grants a damp and dark texture

a seed splits open: the might of the banyan sapling in all its glory

the slow curl of water as cold currents grasp at frail limbs

spring a vine snake holds the tree hostage hissing strange secrets and strangling the life from it with each climb

transfer the sunlit stone from soil to palm skipping it across the stream to wake the small gods

dark before dawn a mynah performs a slow arc glide: showoff

dry winds of spring transforms the violence of the river grim

lunar ink from distant lands gather in deep quiet channels

pale skies the shadow’s grip on this body weakens

dew of new dawn: the darkest of bark stands stoic