Little shadow
harked madam
a bird who wears her wings
only as wardrobe
(though she dreams
in fits
of infantasy)
dusty in her bedroom
in trust to her headspace
an attic dweller
home school tutored
a burden to her wellspring
and buried to her title
averted
feet behind the curtain
little shadow
with the unclaimed
the name of
Elizabeth
**
A foe in the night
an aviary of the berserk :
vocal nicker
and disputes at high frenzy
lend from her garret
uneasy on the household
coughing up all of the family
cussing from their berths
the awoken
shamble and mumble in the hallway
move in a broken thread up to her attic
they’ll crack open her privacy
and find her fast out on the bedding
you can’t spell that to her ghost
in Elizabeth’s sleep
it’s sprung from its host
a living haunting
a messed up devotion
expresses itself on the family
enforces itself emotionally
the hallways are trailed
with dried flowers
and stinging nettles
don’t tread the halls at night
without a pair of slippers
Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 5:53 PM UTC
Little shadow
harked madam
a bird who wears her wings
only as wardrobe
(though she dreams
in fits
of infantasy)
dusty in her bedroom
in trust to her headspace
an attic dweller
home school tutored
a burden to her wellspring
and buried to her title
averted
feet behind the curtain
little shadow
with the unclaimed
the name of
Elizabeth
**
A foe in the night
an aviary of the berserk :
vocal nicker
and disputes at high frenzy
lend from her garret
uneasy on the household
coughing up all of the family
cussing from their berths
the awoken
shamble and mumble in the hallway
move in a broken thread up to her attic
they’ll crack open her privacy
and find her fast out on the bedding
you can’t spell that to her ghost
in Elizabeth’s sleep
it’s sprung from its host
a living haunting
a messed up devotion
expresses itself on the family
enforces itself emotionally
the hallways are trailed
with dried flowers
and stinging nettles
don’t tread the halls at night
without a pair of slippers
