Crystal Cavern

Gleaming ice stallactites
Cover crystal cavern walls
Ready in a moments time
To protect and break and fall

Deep in the black in the back of the cave
The beast lies await in slumber
She always sleeps with one eye open
For those who come, will come in numbers

The frost begins to melt
For the first of warm spring days
As seasons change and roles reverse
She is the predator, not the prey
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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February 8, 2016 at 11:48 AM
wow,,, love it
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February 11, 2011 at 9:58 PM
love the way you snuck that ending in...very excellent... oh and by the way, the "Form" you are writing is "Verse" not "I don't know" which will tend to make people not read your work or take you very seriously...keep it up Julie
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