Reefs forming in the grain
chewed up by these hungry years.
Her heels crushing;
little petals into a brown bough,
Speckled like a tumbled shell,
From the handprints of many generations.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Glossy lacquer,
smeared on dark lips in steady
paintbrush strokes
Cold moulded clean-cut strips
clacking unerringly as her heels
skip across the artificial wood.
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 at 3:01 PM UTC
Reefs forming in the grain
chewed up by these hungry years.
Her heels crushing;
little petals into a brown bough,
Speckled like a tumbled shell,
From the handprints of many generations.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Glossy lacquer,
smeared on dark lips in steady
paintbrush strokes
Cold moulded clean-cut strips
clacking unerringly as her heels
skip across the artificial wood.
