Drift

smoke rises from

a subdued morning

campfire like ghosts

who slip through  the

fingers of out stretched

branches of  trees they

drift slowly upward

until they disappear


like thoughts of

promise they

escape like water

through our

grasping fingers
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Pasky Avatar
April 5, 2017 at 3:43 PM
Thank you for your read Maureen and kind comment.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
April 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM
Lovely write Forrest :) 7 xomo
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