scary things

living in a house

where things go

bump in the night

is frightful

 

dark shadows that

one night reach out

for you is paralyzing

 

for some people

the idea of dying

alone is terrifying

 

yet now I find

myself less scared

of these things

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #163: Let's Scare Up Some Poems

dreams of fish

she once dreamed of 

casting a fishing line 

into a deep sea
she even dreamed of 

a bucket of silver fish 

she can remember how 

her grandmother said 

fish meant pregnancy 

yet after many dreams 

she wonders what 

happened to hers?

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #302

far off I hear bells ringing

I take in the leaves

of red, orange and gold

under a blue sky

I hear the soft steps

of deer grazing nearby

the sun is high but

soon will dip below

far off I hear the bells

ring signaling the

coming of winter

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille#162 - For whom the bell tolls