Sacrifice

@jasonlimberg

How peaceful I feel

the stars my umbrella

the moon my faithful guide

I being one who is able

to contemplate this

whistful scene

Not so for some siblings

lost to the bellies

of owls and wolves

Guardian of this space

spare me 

that sacrifice

"ellecee"

Inspired by today's prompt from
imaginary garden with real toads

Cool

Cool, cool

rush of pain

a red haze in darkness

shadows passing

returning

a song

the ticking of a clock

church bell

memories

cool, cool

rush of wind

pause

wait

there again

whispers

never understood

cool, cool

shadows clinging

leaves rustling

arms encircling

cool, cool

day of the dead

final reckoning

"ellecee"

Written for

Prompt Nights – A Million Years Howl When Voices Whisper Among The Trees – Halloween Special [33]

Moon Walk

We walk the summer path, hand in hand. The moon is full; it's ancient face peers down at us. Watching. The field around us is luminescent; silhouetted critters scurry as we come near. We are silent; our world is silent; on the precipice of change. It's to be our last night together. You have been deployed.

Silver moon waning

all below is quickening

leaving life to chance

"ellecee"

Inspired by Sanaa at

Prompt Nights

Dancing

The moon is full

the trees glow

in it’s filtered light

I stand as if suspended

in time

Old needs surface

and suddenly I

want to spread my

arms and fly

To drift among

the stars

unfettered

Instead I begin
to twirl

and twirl

My body and feet

remembering

my youth, my joy

hearing 

in  the silence

moonlight music

I’m

Dancing

"ellecee"

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

Poems in April:

 FASHION ME YOUR WORDS ~ so i can dance

Day 21